From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. 

In 1969, sisters Trang and Quỳnh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become "bar girls" in Sài Gòn, drinking, flirting (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer to the city, the once-innocent Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with a young and charming American helicopter pilot. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Việt Nam with his wife, Linda, hoping to find a way to heal from his PTSD and, unbeknownst to her, reckon with secrets from his past. 

At the same time, Phong—the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman—embarks on a search to find both his parents and a way out of Việt Nam. Abandoned in front of an orphanage, Phong grew up being called "the dust of life," "Black American imperialist," and "child of the enemy," and he dreams of a better life for himself and his family in the U.S. 

Past and present converge as these characters come together to confront decisions made during a time of war—decisions that force them to look deep within and find common ground across race, generation, culture, and language. Suspenseful, poetic, and perfect for readers of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, Dust Child tells an unforgettable and immersive story of how those who inherited tragedy can redefine their destinies through love, hard-earned wisdom, compassion, courage, and joy. 

In the hilarious seventh book of this blockbuster graphic novel series, Narwhal wishes to see a unicorn — and actually becomes one!

When Jelly wonders what a unicorn is, Narwhal explains that they're pretty much narwhals of the land (!) — and then gets carried away with a grand plan to see one. With the help of Star, Narwhal's wish comes true in the wildest, weirdest way: Narwhal gets some land legs and takes their first step ashore. After some wibble-wobbling and a bit of practice, Narwhal is soon galloping along in search of unicorns, though Jelly is a little land sick. Before they know it, Star has the duo blasting off to a magical planet where everyone is a unicorn! But Jelly's out-of-this-world adventure makes him feel out of his comfort zone, and he wishes he were at home... can Narwhal cheer Jelly up and also party down with their new unicorn pals?

An intimate and moving graphic memoir by cartoonist Nate Fakes, dedicated to his stepdad Ron, a larger-than-life personality who gradually becomes affected by a rare form of dementia.

Editor's Picks, Honorable Mention at Publishers Weekly's US Book Show

"A Fade of Light is a rare story that is both deeply heartbreaking and heartwarming. Nate Fakes is an observant writer and artist, with a good memory and an eye for small, revealing details. In his clear cartooning style, Fakes shows he and his family navigating a rare disease imperfectly but as well as they can. He captures the confusion and frustration of knowing something's wrong but not what, of desperately wanting to fix something that can't be fixed."

—Brian Fies, Eisner Award-winning author of Mom's Cancer

The first time Nate met his future stepdad in the summer of 1994, he thought Ron was nice, goofy, and kind, the type of guy who wasn't afraid to be himself. Ron liked to honk at other Jeeps while driving his own, bang on the drums without abandon, and order practically the whole menu at drive-thrus. It was alternatively embarrassing, annoying, and funny, though one thing was for sure: life with Ron was never dull.

But as years passed, Nate noticed Ron's behavior becoming erratic and strange. He forgot obvious things and seemed more stubborn and irritable than before. Finally Ron received a diagnosis: he has frontotemporal dementia, a progressive disorder that affects about 10 percent of all dementia cases. There is no cure.

Stylized in black-and-white drawings, A Fade of Light is a graphic memoir capturing the fullness of a life well lived--the ups and downs, the laughter and tears, the joys and heartaches, and the treasured moments that will always be cherished, if not remembered.

Little Echo lives alone in a cave until, one day, a chance encounter encourages her to be brave and make a new friend. A gentle story about finding your own voice.

Have you ever heard an Echo?
They live in lakes and tunnels and caves.
But have you ever seen an Echo?  

Little Echo lives alone in a cave. Shy, she hides away, echoing the noises around her. But Little Echo isn't just shy — she's lonely. And when Max comes to the cave one day, in search of treasure, Little Echo starts to discover that maybe she has a voice of her own...

This cookbook features more than 70 delicious recipes and dozens of helpful tips to help combat migraine symptoms by eating a Mediterranean-style diet.

This unique cookbook and lifestyle guide provides migraine patients with a dietary roadmap to control attacks and radically transform health. Based on the popular Mediterranean diet, this eating plan goes a step beyond migraine elimination diets to help people living with migraine expand their palette of ingredients. Co-authored by healthy living blogger and creator of TheDizzyCook.com, Alicia Wolf, and neurologist Dr. Shin Beh, the book is packed with information.

The co-authors, patient and doctor in real life, teamed up to provide not only a cookbook, but a science-based guide to eating well, adapting the heart- and brain-healthy Mediterranean diet specifically for people living with migraine to help control their symptoms. Alicia shares her own journey with vestibular migraine and how she healed herself through the foods she cooked. Dr. Beh adds scientific information to bolster her delicious recipes.

Inside you’ll find:

• Ten tips for eating a Mediterranean-style diet
• Typical migraine food triggers and how to adapt them to the Mediterranean diet
• Instructions for curating a migraine-friendly pantry
• Information on how to shop for and cook with specific brain-friendly ingredients
• More than 70 healthy and delicious recipes organized by food type
• Migraine-friendly meal plans and tips for making meals ahead
• Tips and tricks for customizing dishes for special diets and personal migraine triggers

This book shows how easy—and delicious—it can be to treat migraine through simply eating well.

A pair of Christmas tree ornaments set out on the merry adventure of a lifetime in this imaginative picture book about the inner lives of holiday decorations.

All is quiet in the forest as the Great Star rises in the distance, and two little musicians, Strum and Drum, wake up from a deep slumber and set out to make the most joyous music they can! But as Strum strums his guitar and Drum drums her drum on their way to the North, some mysterious obstacles fill their paths... flickering lanterns, bubbles of glass, a silver waterfall, a tiny house, dangerous animals... and a wooden man with a toothy grin warns them of a beast with green eyes lying in wait.

For this is no ordinary forest — it's a Christmas tree, on Christmas Eve, and Strum, Drum and all their new friends are ornaments! But when the green-eyed beast strikes and sends them tumbling out of the "forest," Strum and Drum's quest to reach the Great Star seems doomed... until a little boy setting out milk and cookies for Santa spots them. 

A thrilling tale, based on a true story, of one woman's tremendous courage and incomparable wit in trying to rescue her husband from the Tower of London the night before he is to be executed.

The heroine of A Noble Cunning, Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman, is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband's life, with the help of a group of devoted women friends.

Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for her husband Gavin. As a last resort, Bethan and her friends must devise and put in motion a devilishly complex scheme featuring multiple disguises and even the judicious use of poison to try to free Gavin.

Though rich with historical gossip and pageantry, Bethan's story also demonstrates the damage that politics and religious fanaticism can inflict on the lives of individuals.

A village is torn apart by its residents’ inability to communicate, until a little girl shares the gift of punctuation in this humorous illustrated parable.

Chaos reigns in the village of Babble! All day, the residents fight, yell and argue, and no one is heard or understood... until a mysterious little girl arrives and gives the locals something very strange: a full stop. But what is this thing that looks like a freckle or a spot? The villagers don't even know how to ask. However, as the girl begins to share more gifts — a question mark, quotation marks — the residents slowly learn how to communicate. But when more fights arise and disaster strikes, can punctuation truly save the day?

The adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the legendary Sherlock Holmes, come to life in this inspiring picture book biography.

What if you wrote a story about a detective, and he became the most famous detective ever? Wouldn't that be wonderful? Or... would it? Arthur has always loved stories. Even as he grew up poor, endured hardships at school and experienced danger on the high seas, Arthur was always thrilled and inspired by stories. Eventually, he writes his own, and after many years of struggle as a writer, he finally finds success with a series of mystery stories starring his genius detective, Sherlock Holmes. But is it possible for a character to become too successful? Too popular? And if that happens to Arthur, will he really throw his greatest literary creation... over a cliff?!

From the author of Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein comes a riveting and humorous picture book about the incredible life of Arthur Conan Doyle: doctor, adventurer, tireless campaigner for justice... and creator of the world's most famous detective!

A chance encounter with a starling inspires Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book based on a true story.

Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart is based on the true story of how Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the world's most remarkable musicians, was inspired by one of the world's most unremarkable birds- a starling.

In this charming picture book, author Mireille Messier tells the story of a very special relationship and how it began- with a chance musical encounter. And Matte Stephens's playful art captures both the grandeur of 18th century Vienna and the budding unlikely friendship between a famous musician and a humble starling.

With gentleness and empathy, this beautiful story follows a young boy as he learns how a word that may seem funny to one person can be hurtful to another.

"When Words Have Power by Lisa Chong, illus. by Kaitlin Yang, follow[s] an Asian American boy who learns about the power of words during his everyday encounters."
—Publishers Weekly, Fall 2022 Children's Sneak Previews

Henry and his mother plan a special day together, which includes going to the Chinese market. But there they overhear someone calling them a strange name: "banana." Henry doesn't understand. A banana is just a piece of fruit. What's the big deal? And what does the name even mean?

From debut author Lisa Chong and illustrator Kaitlin Yang, When Words Have Power reveals the powerful effect microaggressions and name calling can have and instead shows young readers how a little kindness and respect can lead to new friendships and stronger relationships with loved ones.

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes.

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy an invigorating trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and recover from a long mourning period. Having solved yet another murder — not to mention rescuing her best friend Hector from certain death — over Christmas, Aggie is looking forward to more splendid adventures with Hector, who has joined Aggie, her mother and Grannie Jane on this trip. There is even a potential new friend in George, a young patient at the spa. But rumors abound about the spa's recently deceased former patient, and then another body appears under mysterious circumstances. Has there been a murder — or even two murders?

Aggie's Morbid Preoccupation kicks in and once again she and Hector will have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work, as their restful trip takes a sudden, dangerous turn.

Join Simon and Chester in their second adventure featuring all the ups-and-downs of a sleepover party! A hilarious new graphic novel series for fans of The Bad Guys and Dog Man.

Welcome to the world of Simon and Chester, ghost and boy duo extraordinaire.
They like to kick butt and take names.
They don't like chores.
They are best friends.
And they are about to hit Chester's VERY FIRST SLEEPOVER.
(Oh, and eat some snacks probably.)

Join Simon and Chester in their second adventure, and fall in love with this hilarious odd couple by fan favorite author and illustrator Cale Atkinson.

An African Wildlife Adventure in Poems and Paintings

Can You Spot the Leopard? is author/artist Karen B. Winnick's newest picture book, an adventuresome African safari presented through poems and full-color paintings. Readers begin at sunrise, climbing into a jeep for a bumpy ride to view the wondrous animals as they would on a real safari. All the poems are based on real observations of what animals do in the wild, related in an accessible way. There's even a sighting, finally, of the elusive leopard, before returning to safari camp under a starry night. At the back of the book, further information is related about each animal.  A fun, informational, educational adventure to read and reread.

Ms. Winnick is an animal enthusiast, president of the Los Angeles Zoo Commission, and author of more than a dozen picture books, including Gemina: The Crooked-Neck Giraffe, How Lucky Got His Shoe, and Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers.

On this airplane... Someone travels solo, two travel as one, three return, and four set out. In this simple and moving book, a young family takes a plane to their new home. While onboard, they encounter all the people you meet on a plane: a bookworm, a businessperson, tourists, crying babies and daydreamers... all with their own stories and all heading somewhere special. For fans of Last Stop on Market Street.

"A salute to the power of books and of friendship!"—SARAH SUNDIN, bestselling and award-winning author of Until Leaves Fall in Paris

"The Blackout Book Club is an engaging story that illustrates the power of books to unite and encourage us in trying times... A wonderful read."—LYNN AUSTIN, author of Long Way Home

In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different—a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother looking for a fresh start, and a determined young war worker.

At first, the struggles of the home front are all the club members have in common, but over time, the books they choose become more than an escape from the hardships of life and the fear of the U-boat battles that rage just past their shores. As the women face personal challenges and band together in the face of danger, they find they have more in common than they think. But when their growing friendships are tested by secrets of the past and present, they must decide whether depending on each other is worth the cost.

Includes a book club discussion guide and The Blackout Book Club book list.

There is no going back.

Fifteen years ago, Sarah was a biology student with a lot of potential. Since then, she's been drifting from city to city, leaving behind friends and family to follow her ambitious husband as he rises to the top of his biology field.

"We're going to Mars."

As she packs up to follow him again, this time on a one-way mission to join the growing colony on Mars, Sarah struggles with the choices she has made in her past and knows she must decide what she really wants. When an unknown threat jeopardizes not only the people aboard the shuttle, but the very viability of the Mars program, will Sarah find the strength to finally be true to herself, or will she lose everything... again?

What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves calling out for rescue? 

In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his investigation of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what one invents, as a queer Asian American living through an era of Trump, mass shootings, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Always at work in the wrecked heart of this new collection is a switchboard operator, picking up and connecting calls. Raucous 2 a.m. prank calls. Whispered-in-a-classroom emergency calls. And sometimes, its pages record the dropping of a call, a failure or refusal to pick up. With irrepressible humor and play, these anarchic poems celebrate life, despite all that would crush aliveness. 

Hybrid in form and set in New England, West Texas, and a landlocked province of China, among other places, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency refuses neat categorizations and pat answers. Instead, the book offers an insatiable curiosity about how it is we keep finding ways to hold onto one another.

Man in a Cage dramatizes the true story of American naturalist Richard Garner's journey to West Africa in 1892. Garner makes his home in a cage deep in an African forest to learn the language of chimpanzees. Populated by bureaucrats, hunters, missionaries, and the indigenous peoples whose lands and lives they have intruded upon, Man in a Cage evokes life on the ground during the Scramble for Africa.

A sweet, whimsical story about the meaningfulness behind a person's name and the power of accepting people just as they are.

"My Name Is Not Ed Tug by Amy Nielander, [is] about a boy named Edimorwhitimormiligimmus Tug, who is frustrated and hurt when his teacher insists on calling him by an abbreviated name."
—Publishers Weekly, Fall 2022 Children's Sneak Previews

Edimorwhitimormiligimmus Tug has a very special name that is all his own. But his teacher thinks it's too long, too hard to say, and too difficult to spell. One day she decides he must shorten it to. . . Ed.

Steeped in family love, My Name is Not Ed Tug empowers young readers to own their identities and proudly celebrate who they are.

In this collection of short stories, two plays, and poems, readers will find ghost stories and stories in the Southern Gothic, characters both living and dead are explored, and the deepest questions of the soul and what it means to be alive are explored.

An accessible, character-driven story set in 2003 New York City about a genderqueer book conservator who feels trapped by her gender presentation, her ill-fitting relationship, and her artistic block, as she discovers a decades-old hidden queer love letter and becomes obsessed with tracking down its author.

It's 2003, and artist Dawn Levit is stuck. A bookbinder who works in conservation at the Met, she spends her free time scouting the city's street art, hoping something might spark inspiration. Instead, everything looks like a dead end. And art isn't the only thing that feels wrong: wherever she turns, her gender identity clashes with the rest of her life. Her relationship, once anchored by shared queerness, is falling apart as her boyfriend Lukas increasingly seems to be attracted to Dawn only when she's at her most masculine. Meanwhile at work, Dawn has to present as female, even on the days when that isn't true. Either way, her difference feels like a liability.  

Then, one day at work, Dawn finds something hidden behind the endpaper of an old book: the torn-off cover of a '50s lesbian pulp novel, Turn Her About. On the front is a campy illustration of a woman looking into a handheld mirror and seeing a man's face. And on the back is a love letter.  

Dawn latches onto the coincidence, becoming obsessed with tracking down the note's author. Her fixation only increases when her best friend Jae is injured in a hate crime, for which Dawn feels responsible. As Dawn searches for the letter's author, she is also looking for herself. She tries to understand how to live in a world that doesn't see her as she truly is, how to get unstuck in her gender, and how to rediscover her art, and she can't shake the feeling that the note's author might be able to help guide her to the answers. 

A sharply written, deeply evocative story about what it means to live authentically—even within an identity whose parameters have not yet been defined—Endpapers will appeal to readers of queer, nonbinary, or trans fiction like Torrey Peters' Detransition, Baby as well as anyone who loves character-driven, setting-rich stories like Tell the Wolves I'm Home or The Immortalists. 
 

The storm hit in the early afternoon, as we started making our way back. The wind began to blow strongly and sounded like unearthly shrieks; noise was deafening. The clouds were pitch-black and the cold rain poured down on us heavily. The yacht was lifted on mountainous dark waves and then crashed down after the wave passed on, again and again like on a rollercoaster. Amidst the magnificent show Mother Nature was putting on, something remarkable happened to me.

The storm was a wakeup call which set in motion a journey. It started with the collapse of the author's world and everything she knew about it, and ended in Australia (also known as "Down Under") on the other side of the world. On that far-away continent, she would find wild romance, but her core values of family, friends, love and loyalty would be tested. She would have to find out who she truly was.

This is a story of wild adventure in search of true meaning and self-identity, which will inspire you to test your own boundaries of true self.

Anat Naveh is a personal development coach, mentor and teacher who lives in Israel. She is a world traveler and her true passion is connecting with people and helping them ignite the light within them. This is her first book.

A baby that keeps losing its brain, a cow in a wedding gown, a woman whose chest is a radio -- bizarre and whimsical figures populate this collection of dreamlike prose poems from Russell Edson (1935-2014), with a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic.

A seminal voice in American prose poetry from the sixties onward, Edson's whole career is surveyed in a single volume edited for our times, presenting a new and contemporary view of a poet of startling imagination and strangeness. Craig Morgan Teicher calls us to witness Edson's obsessions with the curious, the absurd, and the peculiar, and the ways in which they can haunt our daily lives. The prose poems in this collection mold our everyday into something extraordinary and unsettling. 

Edson's poems are surreal fables in which his characters experience all that life throws at them—marriage, parenthood, technological advances, aging, dying, the afterlife—through irreverent dialogue and vivid imagery in turns both humorous and grotesque. Russell Edson is a vital and ever-contemporary poet with a unique moral and comedic vision, whose literary career quietly yet definitively shaped the prose poetry subgenre as we know it now.  

Jim Barry had it all: professional success, a great family, good health. Then, on a season-ending mountain bike excursion, he crashed, fracturing his skull and suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. After spending months in hospitals and rehab centers, he came home to more rehab on an outpatient basis. His lasting disabilities from his traumatic brain injury include limited vision, reduced hearing, lack of balance—necessitating a wheelchair—and weakness on one side.

This book tells the story of his journey to healing through the medical world and then at home forging a new life, even cycling and skiing again using adaptive equipment. Barry’s story is a hopeful tale of persistence, resilience, and pushing forward.

The zombie apocalypse started last night in downtown San Diego. It spread too quickly for anyone to escape.

Especially Magdelina Ruiz, who is six years old and completely alone.

She’s stuck in the empty top floor penthouse of the luxury condo building that her struggling, widower father sneaks her into while he works the overnight doorman shift down in the lobby. Last night started like any other. But he never came back.

The infected are in the building. And one by one, each resident of the Cielo Vista Towers will have to face them. Maddy’s been terrified of strangers since her mom died. When she entangles herself with her neighbors, everyone’s fate will depend on whether she can tell who the real monsters are.

Bright and full of energy, Destiny is excited to meet her grandmother's new dog, but Murphy is so slow he is more like a turtle than a dog! Destiny likes to move fast because there is so much to see and do. Destiny tries hard to be friends with Murphy, but his slow pace frustrates her. In a magical moment at the park, Murphy shows Destiny all the wonderful things in the world around her that she has missed in her need for speed.

Murphy the slow dog won't win any races, but he will win the hearts of children and parents alike while demonstrating the benefits of thoughtfulness and gratitude in our fast-paced world. Slow Dog, inspired by a real-life rescue dog, celebrates moving at one's own pace.

🍎✨ A magical rhyming picture book perfect for building confidence ✨🍎

Little Tim feels too small to join in with his friends and is left behind. Until one day an apple lands on his head…

Together, Tim and his newfound friend, a magic tree, build up his confidence, kindness, and sharing skills until Tim is playing happily with lots of friends. Eventually, Tim discovers that really, the magic power of friendship was in him all along.

Perfect for children starting school or preschool, this beautifully illustrated rhyming book is a fun way for children to learn about growing up with confidence and self-esteem.

Forty-six-year-old Madeline Fairbanks has no use for ideas like "separation of the races" or "men as the superior sex." There are many in her dying Southern Appalachian town who are upset by her socially progressive views, but for years—partly due to her late husband's still-powerful influence, and partly due to her skill as a healer in a remote town with no doctor of its own—folks have been willing to turn a blind eye to her "transgressions." Even Maddie's decision to take on a Black apprentice, Ren Morgan, goes largely unchallenged by her white neighbors, though it's certainly grumbled about.

But when a charismatic and power-hungry new reverend blows into town in 1917 and begins to preach about the importance of racial segregation, the long-idle local KKK chapter fires back into action—and places Maddie and her friends in Jamesville's Black community squarely in their sights. Maddie had better stop intermingling with Black folks, discontinue her herbalistic "witchcraft," and leave town immediately, they threaten, or they'll lynch Ren's father, Daniel. Faced with this decision, Maddie is terrified... and torn. Will she bow to their demands and walk away—or will she fight to keep the home she's built in Jamesville and protect the future of the people she loves, both Black and white?

The true story of Neil, the Great Dixter Cat, who escapes being a stray in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan, to live in one of the greatest curated wild gardens in the world, The Great Dixter Garden in England. Written by Honey Moga, a mother of nine, this historic tale of a delightful female cat named for the courage she exhibited (Neil means 'champion' in Irish) also includes a fascinating history of the region. Moga spent the final days of her life enchanted by a cat she never met who lived thousands of miles away. Writing and publishing Neil's story was her final wish.

This magnificently illustrated true story takes readers on a journey with a delightful stray cat in Kabul, Afghanistan, through the history of the moguls, madmen and conquerors in the region to the loving men who rescued her and brought her to live out her days in the most beautiful wild garden in the world—the Great Dixter Garden. Honey Moga, the author, plays a role in the story and her introduction is also fully illustrated, including her dream of being an author after her husband walks out and leaves her alone with nine children. Inspiring, uplifting and true, this is a unique history and a beautifully illustrated depiction of the magical garden where the courageous cat Neil now resides happily.

Nestled against the backdrop of Seattle's flora, fauna, and cityscape, Luther Hughes' debut poetry collection wrestles with the interior and exterior symbiosis of a gay Black man finding refuge from the threat of depression and death through love and desire.

Hughes draws readers into a Seattle that is heavily entrenched in violent anti-Blackness, and full of vulnerable and personal encounters from both the speaker's past and present. With reverent and careful imagery, Hughes fashions deeply saturated, tender vignettes that reckon relationships between family and friends, lovers, nature, and the police-state.

Already known as a gorgeous literary stylist and keen-eyed art critic, Emmanuel Iduma unfurls his inimitable, rhythmic prose to tell the story of his return to Nigeria, where he grew up, after years of living in New York. Though prompted in part by a family wedding and the death of his father, he had an urgent, elusive mission, as well: to learn the fate of his uncle Emmanuel, his namesake, who disappeared in the Nigerian Civil War in the late 60s. A conflict that left so many families broken, the war remains at the margins of the history books, almost taboo to discuss, so Iduma must stop in city after city throughout the Biafran region, reconnecting with relatives dear and distant to probe their memories, stopping at university libraries to furtively photo copy illicit books, and visiting half-abandoned monuments along the highway. And perhaps, if he can understand how his father grieved the loss of his brother, Iduma might learn how to grieve his father, in turn.

Equal parts memoir, national history, and political reckoning, this is a story of loss and grief, both deeply personal and collective. It's the story of countless families across the country and across the world who will never have answers or proper funerals for their loved ones. It's a story about the birth of an artist, about writing itself as an act both healing and political, even dangerous. But it's also a classic story of repeated history - how a country that never healed from its fissures decades ago is now seeing the same political agitations roiling again. Underground political groups are clamoring for a new Biafran revolution today, and Iduma must determine whether there's a place for him in that movement. How much of his identity is wrapped up in this history? What does it mean to return home, when home was always more about a person than a place? 

 

There have been few times in US American history when the very concept of freedom of speech—its promise and its contradictions—has been under greater scrutiny.

Guided by acclaimed artist, filmmaker, and activist Amar Kanwar, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School convened a series of public seminars on freedom of speech with the participation of some of the most original thinkers and artists on the topic. Structured as an open curriculum, each seminar examined a particular aspect of freedom of speech, reflecting on and informed by recent debates around hate speech, censorship, sexism, and racism in the US and elsewhere.

Studies into Darkness emerges from these seminars as a collection of newly commissioned texts, artist projects, and resources that delve into the intricacies of free speech. Providing a practical and historical guide to free speech discourse and in-depth investigations that extend far beyond the current moment, and featuring poetic responses to the crises present in contemporary culture and society around expression, this publication provocatively questions whether true communication is ever attainable.

Selected by Aracelis Girmay, A Tinderbox in Three Acts is at once elegy and exegesis, fact and invention. 

In her fourth poetry collection, Cynthia Dewi Oka performs a lyric accounting of the anti-Communist genocide of 1965, which, led by the Indonesian military and with American assistance, erased and devastated millions of lives in Indonesia. Under the New Order dictatorship that ruled by terror for over three decades in the aftermath, perpetrators of the killings were celebrated as national heroes while survivors were systemically silenced. Drawing on US state documents that were only declassified in recent years, Oka gives form and voice to the ghosts that continue to haunt subsequent generations despite decades of state-produced amnesia and disinformation.

In service of recovering what must not be remembered, A Tinderbox in Three Acts repurposes the sanitized lexicon of official discourse, imagines an emotional syntax for the unthinkable, and employs synesthetic modes of perception to convey that which exceeds language. Here, the boundary between singular and collective consciousness is blurred. Here, history as an artifact of the powerful is trumped by the halting memory of the people whom power sought to destroy. Where memory fails, here is poetry to honor the dishonored, the betrayed, the lost and still-awaited.

Which media outlets will help me be a responsible news consumer? How do I know what is true and whom I can trust? What can I do to combat all the misinformation and how it's impacting people I love?

Many Americans are agonizing over questions such as these, feeling unsure and overwhelmed in today's chaotic information environment.

American life and politics are suffering from a raging knowledge crisis, and the church is no exception. In Untrustworthy, Bonnie Kristian unpacks this crisis and explores ways to combat it in our own lives, families, and church communities.

Drawing from her extensive experience in journalism and her training as a theologian, Kristian explores social media, political and digital culture, online paranoia, and the press itself. She explains factors that contribute to our confusion and helps Christians pay attention to how we consume content and think about truth. Finally, she provides specific ways to take action, empowering readers to avoid succumbing to or fueling the knowledge crisis.

In this best-friends-to-lovers romance, mistaken identity leads to a Halloween hook-up that might not be so mistaken after all.

After losing her husband last winter, the thought of hosting a Halloween couples costume party is the furthest thing from Kelsey O'Henry's mind. Besides raising three young children, managing O'Henry's Bar and Grill, and caring for her alcoholic mother, she has more important things to worry about. Like the stack of unpaid business loans that threaten the bar's existence. As well as her newfound feelings she's developed for her best guy friend.

Davis Vance is tired of being followed around by cameras. He misses the days before he and his twin brother became "Renovation Dudes"-hosts of an HGTV show. When Davis learns Kelsey could lose the bar at the end of the fall season, he sees it as an opportunity to not only help his friend, but as a way out of renewing his HGTV contract. There's just one problem-lately Davis's feelings for Kelsey have been less friendly and more romantic. And on the night of the bar's Halloween party, both Kelsey and Davis can no longer ignore their desires. Will their passionate evening be a one-night stand-only a flicker of heat during the crisp autumn, or will she risk her pride and accept his help?

The umpteenth millennial celestial changeover is forthcoming, once again moving from a male to a female God—from Mr. to Mrs. Snelling, case in hand. Great! One might think this good news—an empathetic woman in charge—but nope. Grunt! For though this change has occurred perennially since First Creation, Mrs. Snelling has recently adopted the notion that Lady Wisdom, a.k.a. Soapy, has meddled too much in both Mr. Snelling’s and her own previous turns at crowing in the celestial roost. So she decides to exile Lady Wisdom. “Bad Form, extremely Bad Form,” her male counterpart warns as he changes signage to indicate that Mrs. Snelling will become the erstwhile proprietor of The House. Mrs. Snelling remains adamant, and she hatches a plot to kidnap Lady Wisdom (Soapy). “Bad Form, extremely Bad Form,” Mr. Snelling repeats, only to receive Mrs. Snelling’s cold glare.

Tom C. Powder, Mrs. Snelling’s favorite cat, will head the innovative Department of New Education, which will replace both Soapy and her changeling sister Alexandra, a.k.a. Pluck. Soapy’s uncle, that infamous whiskey-drinking, rhyme-making, belly-crawling snake, hatches a counter-plot to hide Soapy in... Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U. S. A., during football season. There, he’s convinced, no one will ever (ever!) dream of searching out Lady Wisdom. He enlists Billy Wise, a computer science geek working at the University in Tuscaloosa, who must travel to “The House” by jumping into a claw foot bathtub on his farm’s pond. There, with good luck and good friends, Billy and Soapy work with their allies Alexandra and Uncle Bogus to outwit Mrs. Snelling. But the cost might be too great for any of them.

Inspector Deighton has two years left until he is retirement eligible. It is all he can do to endure the crazy antics of the Police Superintendent. Then he lands an assignment to investigate floral arrangements with pig tails, snakes squirming under neck scarves and a bird tethered to a little girl's hat! The complainant is Lady Carmella, new in town. Deighton pays Lady Carmella a visit and hears her out. Her story sounds a bit familiar, and he realizes it's the Circus Troupe. He explains the people she saw were her neighbors, a retired circus troupe, engaging in stage pranks. He relates how their antics caused quite a commotion when they first moved to town. Lady Carmella wants to believe him.

Two days later, when the case returns to Deighton's assignment roster, Lady Carmella is unconscious. The craziness ramps up. Hijinx, hardened criminals, meat pies, racist violence, ex-KGB, blackmail, vigilantes, cockroaches, human cadavers, police corruption, beheaded sheepdogs, eugenics, candle light vigils, water hoses and greenhouses, all begin to emerge. Deighton needs to figure out what has been going on in the Town of Huffinfield. Not everyone wants the truth uncovered.

Rayna Larson, a bright, independent pre-teen girl, navigates school life while living with her parents, Gary and Larissa Larson in a quiet suburb. She shares a room with her sometimes meddlesome little sister, Tina.

It is the start of the summer when Rayna encounters an ethereal figure, the fairy queen Roselia from the Kingdom of Petunia. She reluctantly speaks to the specter who solicits her help in preventing the development of protected land. The following day Tina and Rayna are mysteriously lured through a hidden portal in the ominous rosebush. They emerge into the fantastical Kingdom of Petunia—a world of incomparable beauty.

Queen Roselia welcomes Rayna to the kingdom as other fairy creatures stand guard. Tina is escorted by the queen's confidante, an aloof petal headed fairy named Peonica. The queen leads them to a reception and announces that the girls are the granddaughters of her brother, Valeon, through his daughter Larissa. This revelation is impossible, Larissa's father was a human who died some years before. During the reception Rayna and Tina inadvertently ingest an elixir. Tina shows no outward effects; however, Rayna transforms: sprouting wings, gaining enhanced visual acuity and physical agility. Rayna fears they will never see their parents again, but is determined to return home.

An oral history of the legendary band Primus, with a star-studded cast of interviewees (Tom Waits, Phish front man Trey Anastasio, etc.)

"It's a wild ride that's vividly captured in Greg Prato's excellent oral history..." —Bass Player Magazine

Usually when the "alternative rock revolution" of the early 1990s is discussed, Nirvana's Nevermind is credited as the recording that led the charge. Yet there were several earlier albums that helped pave the way, including the Pixies's Doolittle, the Red Hot Chili Peppers's Mother's Milk, Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking, and especially Primus's 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese.

This fascinating and beautifully curated oral history tells the tale of this truly one-of-a-kind band. Compiled from nearly fifty all-new interviews conducted by journalist/author Greg Prato—including Primus members past and present and many more fellow musicians--this book is sure to appeal to longtime fans of the band, as well as admirers of the musicians interviewed for the book.

Interviewees include: Tim Alexander, Trey Anastasio (Phish), Matthew Bellamy (Muse), Les Claypool, Stewart Copeland (The Police), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Larry LaLonde, Geddy Lee (Rush), Mickey Melchiondo (Ween), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Matt Stone (South Park), Tom Waits, and many more.

Many American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white dominant culture and keeping them as outsiders? That's exactly the question Karen González explores in Beyond Welcome.

A Guatemalan immigrant, González draws from the Bible and her own experiences to examine why the traditional approach to immigration ministries and activism can be at best incomplete and at worst harmful. By advocating for putting immigrants in the center of the conversation, González helps readers grow in discipleship and recognize themselves in their immigrant neighbors.

Accessible to any Christian who is called to serve immigrants, this book equips readers to take action to dismantle white supremacy and xenophobia in the church. They will emerge with new insight into our shared humanity and need for belonging and liberation.

In the final novel of the Liminals, a found family of Black superheroes has one last chance to save the world.

After traveling back in time to rescue his fostered daughter, Taggert has returned to the present and found himself in his favorite place: up against the wall. But the world they've returned to is not the one they left: everything is slightly grayer, the music is boring, joy is just out of reach. The liminals' entropic enemies, the Alters, are trying to bring about the end of the world by sucking the life--literally--out of enough people to tip the balance their way.

Traveling from Jamaica to London to Indonesia to the heart of the whirlwind in the desert at the heart of all deserts, Taggert and his found family of liminals and supporters have to find a way to bring back the joy before they're all ground down into the gray dust.

Advance Praise for Heroes of an Unknown World:

"A rollicking, irreverent action sci-fi filled with anime-esque feats, a deep appreciation for culture, and sparkling humanity. Jama-Everett's final book in the Liminal series is the kind of grandiose battle against despair I'll gladly sign up for. Put on your favorite record, crack this one open, and tell the darkness: 'Get out!'" — Elwin Cotman, author of Dance on Saturday

"In his striking first novel, Mantel creates a dark world where everyone has a secret that could lead to destruction." —BookLife, Publishers Weekly

Lift the Lid of Mystery

A tasteless night club run by a failed JFK assassination co-conspirator brings out the worst in 1970s New York.

Songbird Sadasia Trayne runs into a disco-era buzz saw of wine, women, and murder when she hooks up with the Brooklyn-based creator of a notorious TV sitcom.

Her frantic SOS to a long-lost love, the Big Apple's closeted lesbian Chief of Police Detectives, drives this tale of memory and regret, compromise and topiary, politics and a corrupt press, Kris Kringle and twisted acts of love.

Will the headline-grabbing sex crime she sets out to solve max out the Chief's investigative skills or deep-six her career?

The Velvet Badge combines edge-of-your-seat storytelling with stone-cold hilarity and just a touch of holiday ho-ho-ho.

Buckle your badges. You're in for a wild ride.

“Clarence Jordan spoke with an unwavering prophetic voice. He firmly rejected materialism, militarism, and racism as obstacles to authentic faith… He was a fearless and innovative defender of human rights.” —President Jimmy Carter

On 440 depleted acres in Sumter County, Georgia, a young Baptist preacher and farmer named Clarence Jordan gathered a few families and set out to show that Jesus intended more than spiritual fellowship. Like the first Christians, they would share their land, money, and possessions. Working together to rejuvenate the soil and the local economy, they would demonstrate racial and social justice with their lives.

Black and white community members eating together at the same table scandalized local Christians, drew the ire of the KKK, and led to drive-by shootings, a firebombing, and an economic boycott.

This bold experiment in nonviolence, economic justice, and sustainable agriculture was deeply rooted in Clarence Jordan’s understanding of the person and teachings of Jesus, which stood in stark contrast to the hypocrisy of churches that blessed wars, justified wealth disparity, and enforced racial segregation. “You can’t put Christianity into practice,” Jordan wrote, “You can’t make it work. As desperately as it is needed in this poor, broken world, it is not a philosophy of life to be ‘tried.’ Nor is it a social or ethical ideal which has tantalized humankind with the possibility of attainment. For Christianity is not a system you work – it is a Person who works you.”

This selection from his talks and writings introduces Clarence Jordan’s radically biblical vision to a new generation of peacemakers, community builders, and activists.

REVIEWS:

An excellent introduction to this significant man, who faced death threats and confrontations with the Ku Klux Klan. Jordan’s texts will challenge readers as they point to the radical nature of Christianity which, he argued, requires believers to live out their faith in ways that run counter to—and even confront—the society and culture around them. —Library Journal

Dallas Lee said of Clarence Jordan, “The promise of something wise or something fun or just something good to know danced in this man’s eyes.” That wisdom, that fun, that good dances in his words too. Every chapter of this book illustrates that. As a member of the koinonia Clarence cofounded, I’ll return to these pages as a guide, but anyone reading them can expect to be challenged and perhaps even changed. —Bren Dubay, director, Koinonia Farm

I can critique some of the things Clarence Jordan believed about the Bible, but I cannot critique the way he lived it. This collection of writings from a too-often-forgotten sage is a gift to all of us at a time when we need models of costly courage and conviction. —Russell Moore, Baptist preacher and theologian, Christianity Today

I'm impressed that this book isn't just about Clarence – it is Clarence. His clear insights and simple presentation make the gospel come to life. He once wrote, “What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance.” That insight gave birth to the affordable housing movement—surely the most far reaching of Clarence’s many gifts to the world. —David Snell, president & co-founder of The Fuller Center for Housing

In living a life of radical discipleship informed by the Sermon on the Mount (and paying the price for it), Clarence Jordan may be closest thing we have to an American Bonhoeffer. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a home where Jordan was read and admired, but too few today know of this Southern prophet. I’m heartened by the publication of The Inconvenient Gospel, to introduce a new generation of readers to Jordan’s unique and prophetic voice. —Brian Zahnd, author of When Everything’s on Fire

“Clarence Jordan spoke with an unwavering prophetic voice. He firmly rejected materialism, militarism, and racism as obstacles to authentic faith, yet he never took part in the public demonstrations of the civil rights era. He believed we could all affect greater change in this world through living an authentic Christian life.” —President Jimmy Carter

The distinctive mark of Jordan...is the way in which he acted in costly and dangerous ways that embodied the cross; he walked the talk! —Walter Brueggemann

Flannery O’Conner famously said that her native South was ‘Christ-haunted.’ But for Clarence Jordan, Jesus was more than a ghost. He was a living presence in the poor and rejected, inviting us into beloved community as a real and practical alternative to the plantation economy. Jordan’s words are as relevant today as when he delivered them. —Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of Revolution of Values

Few have lived, spoken, and written with such power, depth, and simplicity about Christian discipleship as Clarence Jordan did. His life is a testimony and a provocation to what God’s love for the whole world demands of us today. The Inconvenient Gospel is an essential book. It will inspire and challenge those willing to take its message to heart. —Norman Wirzba, Duke Divinity School

We are lucky to have the legacy of such a man. For those of us who are hesitant to embrace Christ’s suffering, we have an example. For those of us who struggle as part of a young community of Christ to see our place in history, we have encouragement. His vision has endured. —Joyce Hollyday, author of Pillars of Fire

If, like me, you sometimes become distraught as you think of the work still needed to heal the church, you should read The Inconvenient Gospel. Reading the life and words of Clarence Jordan refreshed my soul like a morning rain, filling me with hope and inspiration to keep fighting for God’s perfected church where we are neither Jew nor Greek but all are one in Christ Jesus. The Inconvenient Gospel is a lightning-strike reminder for the family of God to stand firm against the racism that still plagues the body of Christ, by living out koinonia in our daily lives. —Anika T. Prather, Howard University

Here was a son of the Old South, a white Baptist minister doing what we were only talking about. I went to Koinonia to see it for myself and couldn't wait to leave because I was sure that the Klan would show up and kill us both. —Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The power of Clarence Jordan's words comes mostly from the fact that he lived out the Gospel rather than just preaching it, and he did that with courage and a sense of humor." —Don Mosley, founder, Jubilee Partners

Clarence Jordan has you saying “Amen” one minute and thinking “I’m not sure about that” the next. He guarantees thoughtful interaction with his practical application of the Bible, which clearly comes from tending a farm. If Christians embraced at least some of his ideas, we’d have a different effect on our world: less hypocrisy and more action. Jordan sharpens us to our great benefit; read him and think. —Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm

Clarence Jordan cultivated a demonstration plot of God’s kingdom at Koinonia Farm. Now, with The Inconvenient Gospel, we have field notes from that experiment. Wise and often witty, Jordan’s words are a call to join God’s mission, even on our home soil where loving our enemies and our neighbors may be the same thing. Whenever I need a reminder of what it means to follow Jesus, I’ll reach for this book. —Ragan Sutterfield, author of Wendell Berry and the Given Life

A magical Bat Mitzvah gift gets out of control and thrusts a girl into a supernatural quest with the fate of the world at stake in this spooky middle grade adventure that's perfect for fans of Aru Shah.

Naomi Teitelbaum is so ready for her Bat Mitzvah. Her prayers are memorized and she's definitely got a handle on her Torah portion (well, almost). Then she gets a mysterious gift: a tiny clay Golem. To Naomi's shock, it comes to life--and obeys her every command.

At first, this small magical helper seems like the best Bat Mitzvah gift ever. But with each command, the Golem grows... and gets harder to hide. And creepy, unnatural creatures like dybbuks, demons, and a congregation of ghosts have started following Naomi around. To keep herself out of trouble and the Golem out of harm's way, Naomi gives the Golem well-intended instructions: save the world.

Unfortunately, this leaves more room for interpretation than Naomi thought. Before long, the Golem is wreaking havoc all over Los Angeles, and only Naomi and her friends can stop it.

On the Level cuts to the reality of living with disability. Fear and courage—and humor—make their appearance, along with family trauma, invasive examinations, constantly moving medical targets, and accessibility barriers. Without pulling any punches, Bryan R. Monte shows us that life and joy push through and beyond limitations, both self- and other-imposed.

"Bryan R. Monte transforms his body into a literary landscape. An arresting debut." — Jacob M. Appel, Who Says You're Dead?

"The extraordinary thing about this collection is its positivity. Not in a facile sense—these poems are unsparingly real, bringing readers as close as I dare imagine to the experience of MS in their own bodies as well as in the mind. But the grace of the writing, its tenderness and often humor, lifts us, as does its determination to look through sometimes harrowing details to wider perspectives, ones we can all use, simply being human, moving outwards and on." — Philip Gross, Between the Islands and The Water Table (T.S. Eliot Prize)

THE SEQUEL TO THE AUDIBLE #2 FICTION BESTSELLER AND EDITOR'S PICK NEW ARCADIA: STAGE ONE.

In the not-so-distant future, a deadly plague has forced billions into their homes, and locked them up tight. Hope may soon arrive in the form of an effective new cure from the mega-global Chum Corporation, but not before they decide their customers are ready for it.

That’s why they’ve created New Arcadia - a real-as-life virtual reality game designed to bring the isolated people of the world together again.

After its successful launch in New Arcadia: Stage One, the game is being updated and expanded with a new rhythm-game mechanic to bring players together on the dance floor. No longer just for 1990s arcade fighting game fans, all ages are being welcomed to the virtual party now.

For Prime Beta Tester John Chambers and his friends in New Arcadia, the stakes have never been higher. As the original players of the game, they feel a duty to ensure the new arrivals in New Arcadia adapt successfully to the world, and prove to the Chum Corporation that people are ready to come together again in real life.

But there are other players within the game who have a more sinister objective - and they’ll do anything to ensure that the online experiment of New Arcadia is doomed to disaster, and the people of the world continue to languish in solitude for a long, long time.

To succeed, John and his friends will have to conquer the mean streets of New Arcadia. And kill it on the dance floor.

New Arcadia: Revolution is the fast-paced and funny second installment of the New Arcadia LitRPG series by Eric Jason Martin - which seamlessly blends the dystopian setting and nostalgic charm of Ready Player One with the sharp humor and complex world-building of Shirtaloon’s He Who Fights with Monsters.

If God is calling women to lead, what's holding them back? Susan Harris Howell has spent years helping students investigate this question. In Buried Talents, she makes clear how gender disparity in leadership is directly connected to a larger, less overt issue: gendered socialization. Howell examines gendered messages people encounter inside and outside the church in each stage of life, showing how they often create misconceptions about who women are, what they're capable of, and how they fit into God's work. As these messages pull men toward leadership, they push women away from it.

God's call to leadership doesn't come in a vacuum. It comes to particular people who have, from childhood through adulthood, been shaped by subtle forms of socialization. Using social science research and interviews to explain these forces, Howell offers psychological and practical tools for both women and men to make more balanced vocational decisions. A discussion guide and suggested reading lists are also included to help readers engage and apply the content.

As opportunities for women continue to expand, too many still hold back in responding to God's call. Buried Talents provides compelling guidance for how we can remove obstacles that keep women from fully using their gifts.

A Stalker. A Murderer.

Who Can She Trust?

Her Life May Depend On Who She Believes.

With a dead-end job, no family to call her own and a non-existent love life, Vanessa finds her life boring and routine. Most of the time she feels invisible to the world. But Vanessa is wrong. Very wrong. She is not invisible. NOT TO HIM. In fact, he is watching her every move.

Vanessa is being stalked. She just doesn’t know it. Vanessa needs to find out who to trust… and quickly.

Could a chance encounter with a handsome stranger be enough to save her life? Or is she destined to be the next victim of the serial killer terrorising the streets of Manchester?

All is not as it seems.

Master your first gardening experience – even with limited space – by following these 9 easy steps!

Gardening has long been an extremely rewarding practice – giving you the power to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs for your kitchen and your dinner table.

However, it can require a lot of time, patience, and, most importantly, space.

Space is a big issue, especially if you live in an urban area or don’t have access to the sprawling, open ground.

And that’s where raised beds and containers come in! These compact mini-gardening methods allow you to plant and maintain a garden easily and are flexible enough to let you grow whatever you want.

Whether it is a small strip of land, a balcony, a patio, or a terrace, raised bed and container gardening allow you easy access to nature’s freshest bounty in miniature gardens – with the same quality and freshness of a large one.

So, where do you start?

Simple: just follow these 9 steps!

In Raised Bed and Container Gardening, you will discover:

• A beginner-friendly 9-step process to fast-track your way to raised bed and container gardening
• Prepare Like a Pro – everything that you need to know and do in order to grow a garden from scratch (including gardening tools and building materials)
• DIY Designs – build your own raised beds and find out how to utilize empty containers
• How to create the perfect soil mix for your raised beds and containers
• Watering and Irrigation – from hand watering to DIY drip systems, explore a host of watering methods for efficient and enriching hydration of your plants
• The fundamentals of garden maintenance and organic pest control
• Organic fertilization methods and recipes to aid in your plants’ growth
• A beginner’s guide to planting – grow your green thumb as you practice spacing, companion planting, and more!

And much more.

Gardening is a long-term investment – it changes your lifestyle and allows you to live sustainably and naturally.

Discover how to start gardening no matter how much space you do or don’t have.

Hayleigh married New York royalty, Saxon Van der Meer over a decade ago after a whirlwind romance and passionate love affair.

To the world, she has it all, the perfect husband, the stylish penthouse and a social status amongst the Manhattan elite. But when Hayleigh discovers issues in her marriage, she escapes back home to the English countryside to rediscover the girl she was before she left.

Reconnecting with old friends and her family makes her old life a tempting option to return to but the pull of Saxon and his American heart-throb charm could be too hard to resist.

Hayleigh has choices to make and change is inevitable but will her future be in England or New York?

Join Scaredy on a hilarious adventure as he learns to brave the doctor for a check-up! Scaredy Squirrel keeps himself in peak physical condition. He exercises, eats a balanced diet, sings opera (to keep his lungs in shape, of course) and brushes his teeth. You might think it's to stay fit, but no - he'd rather keep a healthy distance from the doctor's office! Scaredy can't avoid the doctor forever though, and when he realizes that he needs to make a quick visit to Dr. Vet to get his health certificate, he does whatever it takes to keep safe while he waits at the clinic...

Alexander Covington is hunting a traitor: Melody Karsh, a missing girl accused of treason, a Party member who has forsaken her country. But, letters are appearing in mailboxes, being slipped beneath doors, and in the pockets of passersby. “Free Melody” is being spray painted on walls. Her image – cold, shivering, pathetic – has captured the public’s attention and sympathy.

Melody has no idea that her name is being used to start a movement, not until the executions of those demanding her freedom start airing on television.

Derek Lin would feel sympathy, if he didn’t blame Melody for the deaths of those who have disappeared without a trace, caught up in the investigation to find her.

Melody must choose to join the fight or stand aside. Derek will become a leader or break under the pressure. Alexander will decide how many bodies must fall to save his own life.

The latest novel from critically acclaimed Southern storyteller Scott Gould, The Hammerhead Chronicles explores the effects of grief, racism, homophobia, revenge, love, and loss on an oddball cast of contemporary characters in a small, fictitious South Carolina town... oh, and it's funny.

On the day Claude slaps down a credit card for an expensive racing bicycle, his soon-to-be-ex-wife passes away. As Claude begins a quest to pedal away from his marriage and his grief, we encounter the Southern eccentrics that orbit his world: his overly independent, rebellious teenage daughter; his foul-mouthed sister-in-law who deftly stalks her husband's mistress; twin, gay bookstore owners who serve the profitable underground Confederacy market out of their "special" back room; the math professor possessing an attic full of rats and a penchant for revenge; a skinny bartender-named for a Marine base-who preaches a suck-it-up philosophy; and Claude's recently deceased wife, observing it all from the Great Beyond, where she is annoyed by the lack of decent weather and by the troubled, tangled lives she left behind.

This ensemble of quirky, narrative voices dovetail for a fast-moving, comic story of longing and redemption, while flipping a number of Southern clichés on their ears.

One is blessed, the other cursed. Neither is entirely sure which is which.

Lux was a warrior, a brilliant fighter who seemed stronger than humanly possible. Now, he’s locked away from the sunlight, his memories gnawing themselves to the bone, the scent of blood ever in his nostrils.

Illiaz is his jailor, a breathtakingly beautiful creature who seems too delicate to live. His hold on Lux is fragile as gossamer and stronger than the scent of blood ever on his breath.

It might almost be friendship.

Thatch has a terrible thirst, an ever expanding waistline, a dog and an estranged wife. And a heart condition. And now an unsolved crime on his doorstep too. And with not much else for the retired detective to do other than stroll to the pub or potter about in the garden, this is a good thing.

Probably.

Yes, granted, there is a dodgy dot com millionaire and a Ukrainian drug lord in the mix, but nothing that a bit of old fashioned policing can't sort.

What could possibly go wrong.

Her quest to repair what's been broken leads to imminent danger—and soon it's more than her own life on the line.

After accidentally destroying the intricately carved chalice her people have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she expected to be a two-day trek becomes much more daunting when a treacherous snowstorm sets in.

Searching for solitude and respite from his troubling past, the last thing Damien Levette needs in the middle of a mountain blizzard is to tend to another person, but he can't leave behind the mysterious woman he found half frozen at the edge of a mountain lake.

As they battle both the elements and their distrust of each other, Charlotte and Damien must work together to survive the peril of the mountains—or it could be the downfall of them both.

Praise for Misty M. Beller:

"Beller has provided a splendid escape for us."—Fresh Fiction on Hope's Highest Mountain

"A romantic mountain saga."—Publishers Weekly on Faith's Mountain Home

"I've long been a Misty Beller fan and her books don't disappoint."—Tracie Peterson, bestselling author

There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.

These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, and some from other worlds, and others have always been with us-watching us, fearing us, hunting us.

These are the cryptids, and Systema Paradoxa tells their tales.

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Same ol' Syn, all new mischief...

Just when Theodore Syn starts thinking about sinking roots, the military comes calling, needing a man with his... unique qualifications to deal with a need-to-know problem that's cropped up in the Chesapeake Bay.

Something is out there, frightening fish and fishermen alike.

But that's not the real problem. Someone is masquerading as a military official on American soil, and with war on the horizon, steps need to be taken to safeguard the East Coast, before the Axis Powers drive a U-boat--or something more unexpected--right up the mouth of the Bay.

Imagine being the goddess of love. Now imagine being forced to marry the god of fire. Especially when you prefer his brother…

Goddess of love here, but you can call me Aphrodite, AKA the most beautiful being in history. So of course I was delighted when Zeus married me to the ugliest Olympian. The god of fire is nothing to look at and the permanent wound to his left leg hardly helps.

Adding insult to injury, this marriage is meant to be a punishment. Not to me, but to him! If only Zeus had hitched me to Ares instead. The god of war doesn’t have much upstairs, but there are compensations. Need I say more? And if my husband wants to spend all day at the forge, then he has only himself to blame…

Anyway, this book is the life and times of my other half, Hephaestus. So I’m portrayed in a less than flattering light. Expect to read all about the quest to find his father, how he created Pandora and some sort of receptacle (such a bad idea), and his not-so-secret affair with someone who couldn’t hold a candle to me. Oh, and he has mother issues like you wouldn’t believe!

If you enjoyed Mythos, Song of Achilles, Circe and Pandora’s Jar, then I suppose God of Fire will be right up your alley. But remember, you’re only hearing his side of the story.

Behind the curtain, she must put on the performance of a lifetime... while love and risk take center stage.

Delia Vittoria's mother has lost her voice at last. After five years of being her diva mother's understudy, it is time for Delia to assume her place as the lead soprano onstage behind the Academy of Music's faded velvet curtain. And she is all that stands between the Academy and its greatest threat--the nouveaux riches' lavish new Metropolitan Opera House.

Kit Quincy never misses opening night, but when his sister begs him to help get her husband out of an Italian opera star's arms, Kit accidentally confronts the younger Lady Vittoria instead. When he meets the stunning young diva again, he attempts to make amends, but then finds himself pulled into a society matron's plot to win the great opera war. To draw attention to Delia Vittoria as the Academy's new soprano star, Kit is convinced to act as both Delia's patron and the enigmatic phantom who once haunted the Academy years ago. But when a second phantom appears, more than Delia's rising career is threatened.

"His Delightful Lady Delia is full of yearning and humor and just the right touch of old-fashioned Victorian melodrama."—SARAH SUNDIN, bestselling author of Until the Leaves Fall in Paris

She grew up as the princess of Gale, but when a potential war looms, Katheryn is given little choice. To save her kingdom, she must agree to marry the prince of Calor. While trying to adjust to a different kingdom and new way of life, she befriends Gareth. They enjoy playing music together, but accusations of an affair begin.

Katheryn can prove she is still a virgin, but now the pressure is on for her to finally consummate her union with Prince Graham. Soon, the king himself is out of patience, and he sentences Katheryn to a cruel punishment. She expected she would need to make sacrifices, but never expected she would have to hone her shape-shifting skills beyond what's ever been achieved.

Far from home and with Gareth imprisoned in the dungeon, how will Katheryn cope with the real love in her heart?

In this joyfully illustrated memoir, author-illustrator Abigail Balfe recounts her journey growing up autistic and the challenges of navigating the "normal" world around her.

"Hi! My name is Abigail, and I'm autistic. But I didn't know I was autistic until I was a (kind of) adult. This is my true story of growing up in the confusing 'normal' world, all the while missing some Very Important Information about myself. 

"There'll be scary moments involving toilets and crowded trains, heart-warming tales of cats and pianos, and funny memories including my dad and a mysterious tub of ice cream. Along the way you'll also find some Very Crucial Information about autism."

Important, funny, and completely unique, this book is for anyone who has ever felt different.
 

Robert wakes up on the Welsh side of the Severn Bridge with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Determined to reclaim his identity, he embarks on an odyssey through the country of Wales, bearing witness to the stories both the people and the land itself feel moved to tell him. Every new tale brings him one step closer to learning the truth about himself.

John Llewellyn Probert has written a gripping romp of a book, a portmanteau novel steeped in the myths and secret tales of his native Wales. A deeply unending compendium of the sinister that draws the reader inexorably forward, as we share in Robert's quest to discover the truth, wherever that may lead.

The novel features an introduction by master of horror Ramsey Campbell and several internal illustrations by cover artist Elena Betti.

“Well done to it and its author! He brings a feast of wonders and horrors and I’m just the greeter at the door. Welcome and be seated, if you aren’t already. Here comes the first course, and before long you’ll be replete with imagination.” – Ramsey Campbell in his introduction.

A stand-alone tale of epic steampunk excitement squeezed within the covers of a novella.

It is the summer of 1887 and everyone is looking forward to Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Young police constable David Price’s greatest concern is how much drunken disorder he and his colleagues will have to deal with. This changes when he is part of a force sent to a Lascar hostel on the docks, to break up a disturbance. The constables arrive to find that trouble hasn’t even started. Close to the scene, David discovers an intricate mechanical rat, which is taken from him by a mysterious woman. He discovers she is a socialite, a friend of the royal family, and the eldest daughter of an Indian rajah.

Tracking the princess down to her Richmond home provides the young officer with some answers. Many more questions arise, however. He finds himself embroiled in a deadly plot to raise racial tensions, set to culminate in a major incident that will rock the capital. Worse, David realises some of his own colleagues are involved. He has no idea who he can trust…

Be as smart as Sherlock Holmes!

Arthur Conan Doyle's original tales include many references to everyday Victorian life that are lost from modern society. What Holmes would have eaten from can while searching for the hound of the Baskervilles, or Watson's enjoyment of a yellow-back novel, or the proper use of a gasogene would have been common knowledge to the Victorian contemporary, but has current readers running to their reference books.

These twenty-four short essays pull such items from the past and expand on their significance in the story. As an additional bonus, this book contains an essay on the role of scandal in Holmes' cases, originally appearing in a collected volume of essays on feminism and agency.

"Prepare to be enlightened and entertained!" —bestselling author Carole Nelson Douglas

Vancouver schoolmarm Frankie Ray runs away to Silver Screen Hollywood to test her conviction that an actress who lacks glamour but has talent and an enterprising attitude can make it in the movies. But when a dissolute, womanizing matinee idol turns up dead on her sofa, Frankie’s career hopes shatter. She’ll need all her acting chops to sleuth out the murderer and clear her name.

From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, brand-new illustrated book for middle-grade readers that looks at the epic true story of humankind.

Even though we'll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive--and the most dominant species on the planet. So, how did we become "unstoppable"?

The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story.

From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago.

Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari has expertly crafted an extraordinary story of how humans learned to not only survive but also thrive on Earth, complete with maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations that bring his dynamic, unputdownable writing to life.

Includes: a timeline, maps, further reading, and other resources for young readers to reference.

Following Ben's weekend hunting trip outside Juneau, his wife Maranda—a trauma survivor with multiple personalities—makes a discovery that looks like it will finally put their limping, less-than-a-year marriage out of its misery. But in the morning, when a cataclysmic blast throws the world into chaos, Ben and Maranda find themselves stuck in a car, heading north to Anchorage, on a seemingly hopeless quest to reunite with a missing family member before it's too late.

Driving for days through the fiery devastation, Ben and Maranda's marital and personal trauma plays out against what might be a global—or even cosmic—catastrophe. All the while, they are pursued by two men with dark ties to Maranda's past. To reach Anchorage, Ben and Maranda will be forced to confront their blackest secrets as they decide what any relationship might be worth at the end of the world.

Told in alternating chapters from Ben and Maranda's perspectives, When Fire Splits the Sky is an apocalyptic, psychological, road-trip thriller about the limits of our capacity to endure, change, and survive.

The title is very pertinent (The Forgotten Skill) because more and more people are using less and less to write by hand. As we use the computer to write, things get easier in regards spell check and other things, but on the other hand we lose so many benefits that we will talk about in this book. You will not believe how important the Calligraphy skills is, also it is fair to say that writing by hand can be very pleasurable.

By reading this book you will get to know the wonders of Calligraphy, its history and a few other curiosities. Perhaps you will find out the only thing preventing you to try and improve your calligraphy is that you did not know how easy and inexpensive it can be. With this book you will overcome all the excuses you have until now to at least go and give it a fair try.

This kind of activity can be shared among friends to incentivize each other or parents that want to foster some good calligraphy in their kids. Perhaps you will remember when you were learning how to write and how much pleasure you drew from filling out those calligraphy books. There is no doubt kids will love such things, after all activity books for kids are in high demand all the time, and this kind of activity can be one with so many benefits that you will ask yourself why do it.

Among other things in this book, you will learn:

● Tools needed for modern calligraphy

● curves and shapes

● Exercises and Techniques

● History of calligraphy

● Vocabulary used in calligraphy

● Benefits of calligraphy

Who would ever suspect that their mentor, teacher, and friend is a cold-blooded killer?

Attorney Jessie Martin didn’t—at least not until she answers the midnight call.

Late one August night, Jessie’s lifelong mentor and friend—and presently a popular, charismatic, and handsome high school teacher—Terrence Butterfield calls. He utters a startling admission: he’s killed someone. He pleads for Jessie’s help, so out of loyalty she rushes to his aid completely unaware that she’s risking her relationship, her career, and her life—and that of her unborn child—to help Terrence.

Does Jessie’s presence at Terrence’s home implicate her in the gruesome murder of the teenage boy found in the basement? Why does Terrence betray Jessie when he has a chance to exonerate her of any charges? Has he been a monster in disguise for all these years?

To reclaim her life and prove her innocence, Jessie must untangle the web of lies and reveal the shocking truths behind the homicide. This quest turns out to be the fight of her life: to preserve everything and everyone she holds dear.

Lift the veil to see the world with a clear new vision, the world of wonderful abundant life and the world of death, then dare to go beyond the dark veil of death, to the incredible exciting future we are all entitled to have.

The future which goes beyond the tragedy of death to the realisation of what life is.

The true story of one’s man walk in this life, then the reality of the life beyond this life. I urge you to get on the train for a one-way ticket which will be the destination of your choice.

A radio station that doesn't officially exist.
A mysterious circle whose members possess incredible abilities.
One fateful night to save mankind.

Michael Baker, a down-on-his luck writer, finds himself drawn to an eccentric little hotel that shelters an ancient secret. When a badly injured woman materializes in his apartment later that day, he discovers that he is part of something far more fantastic than anything he could have ever written.

The Palladium is a non-stop roller-coaster ride that combines urban fantasy with elements of Greek mythology and Dante’s Inferno to create a fantastic adventure unlike any other.

Expect the unexpected...

This story, based on the author’s own experiences in Southern Africa, follows the exciting, and unforgettable adventure of Benjamin Frost as he canoes down the Zulu river in South Africa.

Frost has returned to the Dark Continent to volunteer as a conservationist for African wildlife and wildernesses over a three-month-period. At the same time, he wishes to find closure to some hardship he endured during his first assignment in South Africa thirteen years before.

As he canoes down the Zulu river with his team mates, they stop at three game reserves on the way. Their bushveld expedition brings them close to dangerous predators and unpredictable herbivores. A charismatic cast of characters brings vitality to their long journey.

As Frost gets closer to the end of his trip, his love for wildlife and wilderness grows stronger. His heart clearly belongs in Africa, with a wonderful conclusion which dramatically shapes his future.

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Our dietary choices are heavily influenced by the messages of the processed food industry. When it comes to food, we have been taught many falsehoods, such as the number of calories is most important, we shouldn’t skip breakfast, we need sugar for energy, and it’s normal to feel sleepy in the afternoon. All these messages about food hurt our physical and mental health.

Modern science has revealed a lot about how our bodies react to the food we eat in real-time. And science has shown us that there is one metric that affects all systems: the amount of glucose in our blood.

Glucose is our body’s energy source. Its concentrations in our blood vary greatly throughout the day. When there is a high concentration of glucose in your blood, that’s a glucose spike. These spikes affect everything in our lives from our mood to our appearance and physical health.

Advancements in science have given us insights into our bodies, allowing us to take control. This summary will give you sound scientific advice on how to truly master your glucose and health.

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A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic... this thrilling adventure picks up right where Children of the Fox leaves off. Fans of twisty, clever stories like The False Prince and Ocean's Eleven will love this newest middle-grade series from Kevin Sands, author of the bestselling Blackthorn Key.

Rule number one: Never mess with magic. Even so, a life-or-death situation calls for Callan and his criminal friends to make a deal with the Eye—the sinister, sentient artifact they stole from a sorcerer. It's Lachlan's life in exchange for a future task, and the gang has no choice but to agree.

But even as Lachlan is resurrected, it's not without cost. Through the Eye, Callan can see a tiny purple stain inside Lachlan's soul, which will eventually consume him. The cure—and their part of the deal—lies with the Dragon's Teeth, a pair of swords with extraordinary powers, and the search for them leads the thieves on a quest that will unravel the mystery of the Eye. Old friends, new betrayals, and an even more daring break-in than the last culminate in a confrontation that will take all the gang's skill and power to resist—or they'll die trying.

An evil Santa skulking through the shadows. A snowman with a taste for blood. Terrorized children who will never look at presents the same way again. This collection includes 24 twisted holiday tales and a bonus novella that explores the dark side of wintering in the tropics. Treat yourself to a daily helping of horror with stories that will leave you wondering whether Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year…

In 1974, the US East Coast was whipped up into a frenzy of fear. Locking their windows and doors, everyone was terrified of becoming the next victim of the strikingly handsome but deadly “Casanova Killer”. And he was on the move.

After being released from jail and promptly abandoned by his fiancée, Paul John Knowles embarked on a spate of gruesome murders on a road trip up the Pacific Coast.

No room for fear, no room for guilt, just the road.

As the man-hunt gathered pace, the cold-blooded killing spree continued to defy detectives. With no visible pattern in the age, race nor gender of the victims, Knowle’s joyride of kidnap, rape and murder tore across multiple state borders. It became a race of tragically high stakes. How many more lives would be lost before the police finally caught up?

A stand-alone tale of epic steampunk excitement squeezed within the covers of a novella. A highly original story that pays homage to Jules Verne and H.G. Wells along the way.

As an Oneironaut and agent of the Fellowship, January Purcell is used to danger and thinking on her feet, having faced threats up and down the timeline and in various realities; all part of the Great and Long Game. Nothing, however, could have prepared her for the extremes demanded by this latest mission, which sees her accompany Dr Robert Jones and his colleagues on a journey from the heart of Victorian London to Iceland, following in the footsteps of Professor Lidenbrock and the alchemist Arne Saknussemm.

Denied the support of her colleagues at London’s Oneiros Club due to her gender, January must rely on her own resources as she descends into the extinct volcano Snæfellsjökull, little imagining what she will encounter there, little realising that this is all merely a prelude to a long-planned invasion from Earth’s near neighbour, Mars…

“Here’s such a rich confection of our favourite persons and places, from Jules Verne’s volcano in Iceland and the subterranean Vril race to Wells’s Martian invaders and even scheming Moriarty—along with revelations about reality and about more-than-reality (such as The House, and The Existing). Need I mention that there are also shared lucid dreams? No spoilers could spoil the frantic fun of this sprightly riff. It’s stimulating, tremendous stuff.” – Ian Watson, author of the Screen Story for Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Would you write a love letter to a stranger?

Rygal Saline has always stood in his sister's shadow. As heir to the Clan Chief, Rhea has been trained in the art of leadership and warfare. Rygal is just, well, Rygal.

After several years away at a College in Ismera, Rygal returns to Jaram for his father's funeral only to find a letter from his sister. She's gone, she's sorry, and she expects him to take her place as the next clan chief. Never envisioning a place for himself within the clan, let alone taking on the responsibilities of leadership, Rygal finds himself alone and out of his depth.

Desperate for companionship and for someone he can turn to for help, he writes a letter to every eligible maiden on the continent, hoping to find a wife. The letters travel far and wide. Most are rejected until an accident of fate sends Rygal's letters into the hands of two women for whom they were never intended, setting in motion a plot that threatens to bring Clan Jaram to the brink of war.

How far could you go to keep your world from shattering?

In the country of Flaize, tensions are high as sickness spreads and so do rumors of military activity in the neighboring country of Dragnoir. Many are preparing themselves for war - but it will be a war they cannot win.

Audrey Hughes is a young librarian in the bordering district of Yonnam, struggling to make ends meet for her family as fewer jobs are available for her father. With the sudden death of one of the district's leaders, Audrey's best friend Farah Davies, she receives an inheritance and an important position of power within her district and finds herself thrust into a whole new world unlike any she had seen or heard of in any of her books.

When rumors of war with the bordering country, home of the Dragonkin start to become more real - Audrey finds herself caught in between the struggles that could cause the war to begin—leaving it up to her to stop it. Within an abbey of secrets, and finding who is her friend and who is her foe, is it the Lady Viviene Raithe who seems to rule the abbey? Lord Julian Halloway and his mousy wife Lady Priscilla? Or the strange Dominique Pascal - a man from outside the district who has a keen interest in Audrey's life? It is up to Audrey to solve the mysteries of what has a hold over this spellbound abbey and keep her world safe. Desperate to keep a hold of everything she understands, Audrey is at a greater risk of shattering it all. Destroying this binding will come at a price - one that will cost more than a hundred lives. Is it a cost she can afford?

An utterly thrilling magic mystery, face a strange adventure unlike any other in The Spellbound Abbey.

My nightmares were once described to me as a “mind cleansing”. The diagnosis wasn’t the most eloquent, my mind was just a hazardous waste bin after all, but from that razor-edge description burst forth the fourteen tales contained here-in.

They explore, in all its twisted glory, a dissection of a brain that cannot stop thinking; the adaptations of whatever horrendous fever-dream my mind plagues me with. My pen is not mightier than a sword, it is just an extension of a scourge veering towards a world-shattering apocalypse.

Enjoy.

Mack Peters enjoys the good life now, but it always wasn’t that way. Twelve years before, tragedy struck on a lovely Sunday morning, as Mack and his father, Beverly Hills Police Chief Bill Watson, finished their breakfast on the patio of a Beverly Hills restaurant. At the time, Mack was a member of the LAPD. In his quest for peace of mind, he resigned from the LAPD and backpacked through Europe for an extended time.

After Mack returned to the States, the former LA cop struck it rich when he came up with an ingenuous idea that gave him a lot of free time and produced millions of dollars. If asked what he does for a living, he says with a smile, “I go to my mailbox and collect checks.”

With a thriving business that practically runs itself, he has the luxury of being able to take off on trips when the spirit moves him. His friends Marcie and Kurt Conklin suggested that he visit a quaint town in Washington State called Leavenworth, and it wasn’t hard to persuade him. But they had an ulterior motive—a motive that resulted him agreeing to help one of their friends track down her missing sister. That led him to the remote small town of Watson Falls and a situation and people more deadly than he could have ever imagined.

These stories will grab your attention until the end of each tale. The characters may be different, but at some point, their lives cross into a parallel world.

The twists and turns of fate guide the reader into a world of ghosts and goblins, where murderers lie in wait for the unsuspecting. You’ll never know what’s to come, and that’s just how the author likes it.

There’s coach trippers, who die one by one – by why and by whose hand?

A killer strikes at a Harry Potter exhibition in Oxford: Druids challenge Druids, and the Green Man himself appears in their midst: a group of friends die in horrific circumstances, and a toy figure is always found lying by the victim – perhaps the names Scarlet, Mustard, Plum seem familiar: a ventriloquist’s dummy is not at all what he seems and a dead and buried girl just won’t die, until she catches her murderer.

Of course, there’s normal people too, who bring humour and pathos into the tales – well, there’d have to be, wouldn’t there, or you’d never believe what you’re reading or hearing! It’s all part of the magic of mystery – and you’re the magician, who gets to unlocks it.

A passionate historical romance full of suspense, guilty secrets and dilemmas, set in the captivating scene of WW2 Paris.

For 20-year-old Winter Pale, choices were never an option. Living in Paris, a British woman so far away from home, her only happiness is her childhood memories. When the city falls under Nazi occupation comes a time of struggle for survival; a time when love starts to bloom.

Winter’s heart is torn between two men, a French Resistance fighter and an SS major, both of which are definitely books not to be judged by their covers. They are mortal enemies, and Winter knows that if she chooses one side over the next, the consequences may be dire.

As her expectations are subverted, Winter realizes that she has to choose more than the man; it is her own path in life that she must decide on. She has lived all her life in a vicious circle of fault and guilt. Will she find the strength for the ultimate act of free will that will help her regain her self-esteem and confidence? What will the cost be for her emancipation?

If you’re a fan of Suite Francaise and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, you’ll keep on turning the pages in this moving wartime romantic adventure.

This isn't a whodunnit or a whydunnit, but a willtheygetawaywithit. If you like stories about outsiders, people separated from society through no fault of their own and struggling against all odds for justice, you may enjoy this novel.

28 February 1992: Summoned by a dead-of-night telephone call wherein police inform him that his beloved sister Kate is missing, Welsh-born luthier Reed Ivory travels from California to Wales.

Reed's aggressive brother-in-law Lewis insists Kate ran off with the guitarist in her band. Though Reed is certain Kate, who'd finally got up the courage to leave a bad marriage, has come to harm at the hands of her violent, unfaithful husband, Lewis is well-connected, and Reed cannot get the police to act. Not on his own.

An awkward loner, incapable in social situations, Reed knows no one in this foreign country of his birth. Blocked at every turn, how will he get the help he needs? How long will it take to find out what happened to Kate?

This is Book 2 in the Ffrynt Trilogy, but can be read as a standalone.

The Asding Vandals were an insignificant Germanic tribe with an undistinguished military record who lost most of their battles. How this small tribe survived a great migration from modern day Hungary to Africa, and then go on to rule a Mediterranean kingdom so powerful it could sack Rome, is an incredible story. Many books and films cover the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, but few mention the key contribution of the Vandals. Yet if one man can be held responsible for the fall of Rome then the Vandal King Gaeseric would be the choice of many historians.

This series tells the story of the Vandal migration linking the few known historical events with plausible explanations of how those events could have taken place. This chaotic period featured a confusing number of different tribes and constantly fluctuating allegiances but let the narrator, a half-brother of the Vandal king, guide you through this unbelievable story. By the end you will agree that Gaeseric, King of the Vandals and Alans, deserves to be recognised as one of the great heroes of antiquity.

How much more do you think you are capable of?
How often do you get in your own way?

High performance begins in the mind. The more you engage your brain, the more control you will have over your mental, physical and emotional state of mind. This book condenses over a decade of research and application with world class athletes from a variety of sports at the highest level.

We are going to explore the human personality to understand what influences us and our decisions.
We are going to understand why we are often our own worst enemy and what you can do about it.
We are going to learn more about our brain and how it works.
We are going to learn how to get in the control seat of your mind and drive it where you want to go.

Magic returns on the brink of Everlasting darkness

Magic hasn’t appeared on Myrefall in generations, but that hasn’t lessened the tensions between elves and mortals. Raena lives a simple life, hidden away as the only elf in the mortal town of Moonbridge. An accidental burst of magic chases her from the snowy sanctuary, forcing her to navigate the perils of Myrefall. Alone.

Pursued by the Elven Queen’s Hunters, Raena stumbles not only into the capital city of the Mortal Kingdom but into the king’s court. Approached by the mysterious red priestess who claims that Raena is the answer to the city’s prayers, the Everlasting promised to protect them from the coming darkness.

Heles the Demon King threatens to claim her realm, but He requires Raena to open the portal. Raena works with the red priestess, using her magic to bestow divine blessings to help the lowliest among them to protect them from the darkness.

But Raena must balance her life as Everlasting and disguised as a mortal courtier. The imminent visit of an elven delegation has her taking matters into her own hands, jeopardizing her role as Everlasting.

If the Demon King escapes the shadow realm, any blood spilled will be on Raena’s hands. How many secrets can she divulge to protect those she cares for while keeping herself out of Heles’ grasp and evading the Elven Queen?

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Nancy Tuckerman were friends over seven decades.

Nancy almost never talked to people writing books about Jackie. She made an exception for me because I was working with her former colleagues. She and I met for the first time at the Red Lion Inn on a cold day in February. She was wearing a plain brown sweater and hiding behind a newspaper. At first she was stiff with me. But at lunch the young waiter poured her a cold cup of coffee. When he stepped away, we both laughed. That was how we began a friendlier and franker conversation that lasted 10 years.

This is a revised and expanded version of my article, "Inside Jackie O's Longest, Most Complicated Friendship" in Vanity Fair, July 2019. Nancy's insights about Jackie are in every minute, but this is also the story of Nancy Tuckerman herself. As I'm telling the story, it's sometimes about me too.

All she has left is her sanity. Will the asylum take that from her too?

In 1939, Matilda is admitted to Ghyllside hospital, cut off from family and friends. Not quite twenty, and forced to give up her baby for adoption, she feels battered by the cruel regime. Yet she finds a surprising ally in rough-edged Doris, who risks harsh punishments to help her reach out to the brother she left behind.

Twenty-five years later, the rules have relaxed, and the women are free to leave. How will they cope in a world transformed in their absence? Do greater dangers await them outside?

The poignant prequel to Matilda Windsor Is Coming Home is a tragic yet tender story of a woman robbed of her future who summons the strength to survive.

The Poetree: A Life Journaling Guide can help you with your journaling, meditative writing, freewriting or introspection. It is a powerful personal growth and self care journaling guide. For once you put it down on paper and face it, then, and only then are you able to start again.

You, too, can use the power of your own words to start that journey of healing today.

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Note to readers: This is a summary of Marisa G. Franco’s book Platonic: How the Science of Attachment can Help You Make and Keep Friends and not the original book designed to enhance your reading experience!

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In her latest book Platonic: How the Science of Attachment can Help You Make and Keep Friends, Marisa G. Franco analyzes how to make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships. In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of “friendships happening organically” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what’s working (and what’s failing) in your friendships.

Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any age—in fact, it’s essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.

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At age fifty, Graeme and Candy have a mid-life crisis! Abandon their comfortable Edinburgh life and move to Tanzania where they rent a cottage on a deserted beach near an old friend who tragically dies and they have to bury. Out of the blue they accept a job to manage a luxury safari lodge in the middle of the wild African bush. Surrounded by witch doctors and an array of eccentric and exotic friends they set out on a new career while surviving bouts of malaria, scorpion stings and encounters with lions.

As the years pass, their life becomes an exciting rollercoaster of emotions and madcap adventures as they are submerged into the local culture and gradually become respected members of the Maasai community. Floating on the surface like swans, they paddle furiously below water as they cater to their international guests' every whim. Life is not dull. Each tale is told with a touching blend of humour, tragedy, gratitude and joy. Graeme and Candy fell in love with Africa. Reading this book, it is impossible not to do the same.

Natalya left the cold, privileged world of the Upper East Side's vampire elite for the Raven's Hollow police force and has never looked back. Now for the first time in her life, she's doing things on her own terms, living in a coven full of witches, and developing her gift as a clairvoyant. When she's assigned to a murder case, she's forced to work alongside her nemesis, special agent Cayden Teague of the MBI -- Magickal Bureau of Investigations. The icy-blue eyed demon has been a thorn in her side from day one, challenging her, igniting her anger and her passion at every turn.

Through the course of many lifetimes, Cayden has never gotten over the brutal murder of his family and his first love. Guilt and torment have become his constant companions and keep him on a razor's edge. After a night of hard drinking, he wakes up disoriented and finds the woman he went home with covered in a pool of blood. All the evidence points to someone the victim met online. To lure out the killer, Natalya must become the bait. But how can she do the one thing she dreads the most without revealing her deepest, blood-drenched secret? And how far is Cayden willing to go to protect her and get to the truth?

The stakes were clear after the Change—survive together, or die.

Calay and Tess’s love has kept them alive four years after the aliens decimated Earth. But when Calay finds herself fighting for her life and Tess missing, she hears death knocking. Banging, really. She has nothing. Scraps for food, the clothes on her back, no safe place for respite. And yet, she is determined to risk it all to reunite with the one woman she has ever loved. She only has one choice: she must find Tess.

Reluctantly, Calay braves the new nightmares of a ravaged Pacific Northwest, alone. Thrust into the darkness, she is haunted by horrors beyond her imagination—alien executioners, a mysterious man, the rise of a sinister cult, and a shocking family secret that challenges everything she thinks she knows.

As the lines between good and evil blur, Calay’s desperation threatens to destroy what’s left of her humanity. Her heart smeared across her tattered sleeve, she is pulled deeper into the madness of a world that has become kill or be killed.

Calay must deny her feral instincts and resist becoming a monster herself. While confronting her demons, she stares down the barrel of a terrifying truth: she may be forever alone. Time is running out and she knows it. Her only hope is to become who she is truly meant to be and unify with the love of her life once and for all. But, at what cost?

To survive, Calay must choose between the unthinkable: give up, or give ‘em hell.

The things your kid learns in childhood can determine the type of adult they will become. Take this opportunity to teach them the necessary skills to thrive as adults.

Are you constantly worried that you’re not preparing your child enough to face the real world when they grow up?

Are you concerned that they don’t seem to be interacting with others and making friends easily?

Do you want to help your child develop socially without putting too much pressure on them?

Children between the ages of 3 and 10 are at a point in their lives when they have already started socializing with people.

Whether it’s making friends, starting conversations, or sharing toys, your child needs to learn how to get along well with others.

Having these skills will not just help your child do well in school, but it will also give your child a great foundation for life.

With the right guidance, your child can learn how to properly conduct themselves in various settings. This book offers useful skill-building activities for your child while also making it fun and exciting.

Take this chance to teach them what they need to know to eventually become successful adults in the future.

In this practical guide, you will discover:

• 90+ effective, fun, and engaging activities that will build essential life skills and promote important values.
• The world of social skills – how to help your child develop this crucial set of skills that is critical to success in all aspects of life.
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• The art of sharing and self-control – uncover the secrets of staying calm and getting closer to kindness and friendliness.
• How to teach your kids empathy so they can understand the true meaning of emotional intelligence.
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Even if your child is naturally shy and introverted, they can still learn to become more sociable and confident.

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And with the activities they’ll be doing in this book, they’ll be enjoying themselves so much that they won’t even realize they’re learning at the same time.

★ Big Coloring Book of Human Body Anatomy and Human Brain (Neuroanatomy) is here!

★This 2-in-1 Manuscript is the perfect gateway to any weekend or holiday!

What’s inside:

★ 250+ Pages of Fun & Knowledge

★100+ Coloring Pages

★ 80 Multiple Choice Questions

★ Human Anatomy Theory/Facts

All the subject matter experts agree that complex learning, which involves the visual coloring effect as a differentiator, leaves a lasting impression on the brain. Also, it makes the topic more interesting.

This book is a perfect gift to Medical School Students, Nurses, Doctors, Teens, and Adults interested in learning about Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy.

The Theory & MCQ part is unique, which makes the learning tested and revised for the long term.

Part 1: Human Body (Anatomy & Physiology Coloring Book with MCQs and Facts

The sections of Anatomy & Physiology covered are:

• Introduction & History
• Levels of organization of the Body
• Body Cavities
• The Integumentary System
• The Skeletal System
• The Muscular System
• The Nervous System
• The Endocrine System
• The Circulatory System
• The Lymphatic System
• The Respiratory System
• The Digestive System
• The Urinary System
• The Reproductive System
• Basic Terminologies

Part 2: Brain (Neuroanatomy) Coloring Book with MCQs

The sections of Neuroanatomy covered are:

• Introduction, Lateral View, Superior View, Medial View, Basal View of the Brain

• Thalamus, Brodmann Areas, Hippocampus, Fornix, Hypothalamus, Thalamic Nuclei

• Pituitary Gland, Hypophyseal Portal System, Basal Ganglia, Coronal Section, Horizontal section

• Cerebellum, Cerebellar Nuclei, Brainstem, Cranial nerve nuclei

• Medulla oblongata, Ventricles, and Arteries of the brain, Superficial Veins

• Meninges, Dural Venous Sinuses, Spinal Cord in situ, PCML

• All the nerves (optic, facial, maxillary, and much more)

• Dermatomes and Autonomic Nervous System

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Nineteen-year-old Alyosha Kamenev has lived in Isle Meridian off the coast of South Carolina since he was eight years old. Having fled as a refugee from his home country of Enriya after an invasion by neighboring Russia, he eventually learns to call a life in the tropics his own. Despite having the bright white hair of his people, Alyosha integrates fully into the culture of the Meridians, even moving in with his best friend, Loren Merrik, and his family during their middle school years.

When infidelity rattles the dynamic of the Merrik family and sends them down divergent paths from one another, Alyosha finds himself suffering from instability once again. Matters are complicated further when he has a lethal encounter with Loren's uncle, Maiser Vance, which may or may not be responsible for a sharp decline in his health.

Now lonely and sick, Alyosha attempts the irrational to resolve the effects of the illness by pursuing the only clue left behind by Maiser -- a single piece of paper written in a dead language of the Celtic Druids, and Isle Meridian's sister island, All Saints Island, where the Druids have lived in isolation for over two centuries.

Have you come to the Internet with dreams of making it rich? If you have, prepare to be disappointed. The truth is that most people never make any money online.

Why is that?

For a lot of people, it's a lack of discipline, a lack of belief in themselves, and they've been led to believe that people online love nothing more than spending their money stupidly. - It's not the case. People online are the same as people offline. They want value from their purchases.

In Selling Yourself Barry J. McDonald takes you on a journey through the mental side of making money online, how to believe in yourself, how to look at what you do with fresh eyes so you never have a problem asking for what you're worth instead of giving everything away for pennies and much, much more.

Five deadly Trials. An ancient, sinister evil. One lost witch with the power to save the world. Welcome to Asylum.

Twelve-year-old Hayden Black has never been normal, that much she knew, but when her father is abducted by demons, she learns just how remarkable she truly is. Not only is she a witch, but Heaven's angels have chosen her as the next Salem Witch, destined to protect the world from evil? if she can survive the deadly Salem Witch Trials first.

Now Hayden must traverse the magical world of Asylum and learn to use her powers. If she doesn't master all five elements - air, fire, water, earth, and Spirit - before her seventeenth birthday, she forfeits her life. Hayden might have started her journey orphaned and alone, but it doesn't take her long to forge new friendships and attract new enemies. Hayden thought her only nemesis was the residential bully, but her greatest enemy, a terrible evil lurking in the shadows, has yet to reveal itself. Will Hayden master her air magic in time to save her friends and find her father? Or will she perish alongside them?

The Lost Witch is the first book in an urban fantasy series intended for readers ages ten and above who love Percy Jackson and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Looking for a comprehensive (127 pages) Coloring +Facts/Theory+ MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) book on Anatomy & Physiology with colored interiors, 45 coloring pages, and 30 Multiple Choice Questions?

All the subject matter experts agree that complex learning, which involves the visual coloring effect as a differentiator, leaves a lasting impression on the brain. Also, it makes the topic more interesting.

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The last chapter consists of basic terminologies of anatomy.

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• 30 + MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) with Solution
• Space to make some notes on each topic
• Detailed drawing of all sections to make a lasting impression for long-term recall

This is a unique book with all interiors in color and colored photos provided for each coloring page.

The sections of Anatomy & Physiology covered are:

1. Introduction & History

2. Levels of organization of the Body

3. Body Cavities

4. The Integumentary System

5. The Skeletal System

6. The Muscular System

7. The Nervous System

8. The Endocrine System

9. The Circulatory System

10. The Lymphatic System

11. The Respiratory System

12. The Digestive System

13. The Urinary System

14. The Reproductive System

15. Basic Terminologies

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Heist rule number two? Never fall for a lone wolf.

A blast from Tuck’s circus past draws Tuck and the charming lone-wolf hacker, Leo, into a dizzying web of passion, secrets, and betrayal.

When the circus comes calling, Tuck is helpless to the lure, and this time, his old troupe’s in trouble. Their attempt to leave Reynauld Industries ended with a hit on them, courtesy of the deadly mercenary group, the Stockyard. Tuck can’t sit idly by, and as the resident stealth operator for the Outlaws, he’s in a unique position to help.

Leo’s a lone wolf hacker, and no amount of his best friend’s pleading, Tuck’s flirty smiles, or interesting jobs will sway him into working with the Outlaws. At least, until they land this one. After growing up in the hellish Stockyard, he’s wanted to take them down for years, and this is the Holy Grail of opportunities. Only problem? The Outlaws can never know about his history with them.

When Leo and Tuck start working together, a chemistry emerges that neither of them can deny. Leo’s mantra of “one and done” falters the moment Tuck shows him a care and steadfastness he’s never experienced before, and the more time they spend with each other, the more he doesn’t want to give up the first man he’s started to fall for. However, if the Outlaws discover his past or the Stockyard finds him first, Leo will end up one of the bloated corpses they’ve left lining the Chicago River.

This story starts with a girl, not any normal girl. Or maybe she was normal just as you and I are but she certainly believed she was anything but. The girls' beauty was obvious from her sleek jet black hair to her striking Christmas tree eyes. Yet she saw her beauty more like an object or a tool, something to help her get ahead in her escapades.

A hair-obsessed serial killer…

A flesh-eating motorway pileup…

A grotesque holiday illness…

Forget what you think you know about the human body. In Rob Ulitski’s debut short story collection, get ready for a thrilling, gut-churning ride through death, disease and destruction.

Boasting thirteen unique stories and a whole host of brutal bodily afflictions, Fleshed Out explores the fragility of flesh and blood, and the gruesome ways our bodies can twist, contort and transform into our worst nightmares.

Conversations Across America is about a father-son journey of a lifetime: a 73-day, 4,600-mile cross-country bike trip Kari took in 2015 with his 75-year-old dad, Merv, who had early-stage Alzheimer’s. Their adventure reminds us of the power of perseverance and adaptability in the face of uncertainty. It’s also a heartwarming example of listening and discovery, including 300 short conversations with people who approached them along the way, providing a rich snapshot of America, especially rural America.

Conversations is a mix of Blue Highways, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Humans of New York… on a bike. As you read, you can’t help but reflect on your relationship with your own father and children, while gaining perspective on Alzheimer’s—which now afflicts more than six million Americans—and getting a sense of the TransAmerica Bike Trail and America itself. Above all, you will be inspired to seize-the-day with someone you love—whatever that means to you.

Menopause is not a Disease

Do you know the difference between menopause and the cessation of menstrual periods?

Are you trying to understand what your body and mind are experiencing right now?

Do you want to use the most recent scientific insights to challenge negative attitudes, understand yourself better, and learn how to help yourself?

If these questions interest you, then The Menopause Relief Paradox is the perfect read.

In five concisely written chapters, you will learn how you can take advantage of recent scientific advances to live your life to the fullest. You will also discover a framework to have meaningful interactions with the health care provider of your choice when answers to commonly asked questions are not satisfactory.

Inside The Menopause Relief Paradox, you will learn

● Why the symptoms you experience can be what they don’t appear to be.

● How our diet impacts us more than we may realize.

● The impact stress and trauma have on our body and mind.

● What menopause is, and whether varying factors affect women differently.

● What YOU can do to go through menopause gracefully and meet your new self on your terms.

As women proceed through this stage of life, there are things that our body naturally goes through that can sometimes be overwhelming, confusing, and scary.

The stigma around menopause is often viewed with negativity; however, you now have the chance to understand what impact our environment, history, and diet have on perimenopause and menopause.

If you are ready to take control, learn fascinating details about your body to challenge received conceptions about aging gracefully, and recognize you are not alone, then The Menopause Relief Paradox is a book worth having and reading.

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For many people, Jackie was beyond criticism. People who came from her own background, however, were often more detached. They could be more forceful with her and sometimes more openly critical of her than others were.

Nan Talese was one of the most important people in American publishing at the end of the 20th century. Nan and Jackie both grew up as bookish debutantes in and around New York. When Nan and Jackie worked at the same publisher in the 1990s, a muted rivalry arose between them.

Louis Auchincloss was a novelist of Manhattan's elite. He was also a distant relation of Jackie's by marriage. They'd known each other since they were young. When he came to write books which Jackie edited, she discovered he could be more difficult than her other authors. He did what few others did. He told her the truth, though Auchincloss' honesty could also be malicious.

Photographs accentuate her style and flair, but it's Jackie's struggles with social equals that reveal the hidden, human dimensions of the world's most famous woman.

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The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America written by Ira Shapiro is the story of how the Republican senator Mitch McConnell led the Senate to stand by and watch as Donald Trump was creating chaos across America. Through the Senate, he continued to obstruct attempts by the Obama administration and Biden administration to provide relief to Americans.

Ira Shapiro explains to the reader that the role of the Senate is to provide counsel and guidance to the president and to be a protector of democracy if the president threatens it. Instead of being the institution that makes sure that the president puts the country first, Republican members of the Senate put their political agendas first, completely ignoring the interests of Americans.

With each chapter, Ira Shapiro provides a detailed account of how the Senate tried to reverse Obamacare, created the environment for Donald Trump to act as a dictator by acquitting him from both impeachment trials without censuring him, blocking relief packages for COVID-19 and encouraging the Trump supporters to attack the Capitol by rejecting the 2020 election results.

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A French Huguenot apothecary's legacy of secrets, a mystic healer's inspiration, a fateful decision.

IN THE MYSTERIOUS CÉVENNES MOUNTAINS OF LANGUEDOC, FRANCE, 1695, Jehan BonDurant, a young nobleman forcibly held in a Dominican prieuré as a child, comes of age only to inherit a near-derelict estate and his Huguenot family's dangerous legacy of secrets. While he cherishes his newfound freedom apprenticing as an apothecary, his outrage mounts over religious persecutions led by King Louis XIV's Intendant Basville, who is sent to enforce the King's will for "One King, One Law, One Faith".

The ensuing divisions among families and friends and the gradual revelation of his own circumstances lead Jehan to question his spiritual choices. A journey, deep into the heart of the Cevennes in search of guidance, unfolds in a way he least expects when he enters the enchanting Gorges du Tarn. There, he discovers his muse, Amelia Auvrey, a free-spirited, mystic holy woman who reveals ancient healing practices and spiritual mysteries. Together they quest for peace and spiritual freedom by aiding the persecuted until the Intendant's spy reports their activities and the King's dragoons are sent out after them. To retain their freedom, they must choose to live in hiding in a remote wilderness, join a festering uprising against the persecutions, or flee their cherished homeland with thousands of other refugees in search of hope.

Inspired by the true story of Jean Pierre Bondurant dit Cougoussac, distilled and blended with Cévenole magic lore, this is a vividly told coming-of-age adventure and family saga of courage, tenacity, and the power of love. Fans of Poldark, Magic Lessons, The Lost Apothecary, The Huguenot Chronicles, and The Alchemist will find thematic elements from those stories melded into this thrilling and obscure slice of French history.

“Brilliantly told, it’s a story that will stick with you long after you’ve turned the last page.” ~ Janet Wertman, award-winning author of the Seymour Saga trilogy.

"Jules Larimore's lush, vibrant prose and sharp eye for historical detail at once transported me back to Occitan haunts and castles. This is a must-read for anyone who loves novels set in that alluring region of southern France." ~ Glen Craney, award-winning author of The Fire and the Light, The Spider and the Stone, and more.

“This story will capture you and not let go. History and deftly-crafted storytelling rolled into one.” ~ Rozsa Gaston, author of the award-winning four-book Anne of Brittany Series.

‘Scofidio has an inspired and unique way of looking at the world... She is fully there in every word. She knows. And she can make us see.’ —Chet Williamson, Robert Bloch's Psycho: Sanitarium

Daere is like most of the ageing population in the run-down North Wales coastal town of Ffrynt: quiet, responsible, and born of a time when people had manners and knew their place. Not the sort to troll online bookstores, or stalk the object of her affection, or to harbour grim secrets. Certainly not the sort to, when events don't go her way, head on a violent collision course with single mum Clary—once a treasured new neighbour, now the target of a dangerous obsession...

This is Book 1 in The Ffrynt Trilogy, but can be read as a standalone. If you like a good stalker story, you may enjoy this novel.

What happens when home, the place where they have to take you in, no longer exists?

Leonora has come to England for love, but when her relationship fails and her father won't let her return home, she finds herself having to take a position as mother's help to the creepy Dr Nye and her husband Dr Duncan.

A horror novella based on the author's experience as a mixed race slave in London, subconsciously inspired by Flavia Richardson's Behind the Yellow Door. Exaggerated, as fact turned into fiction is; but not all of it.

Everyone has a breaking point—even me. Meet a darker breed of bikers in bestselling author M.L. Nystrom’s gritty The Dutchmen MC series.

Abandoned by his club, Boots is trying to find a new place and new purpose in his life. His past plagues him with darkness, and if he faces it, there’s no turning back to the light. The brightest spot in his black universe is another man’s woman, Mama J.

Janice is by herself and struggling to make ends meet for herself and her children. Day after day, night after night, her life revolves around her identity as a mother and seldom as a woman. Then one day she meets Boots.

Mama J is discovering what it means to be Janice again, and Boots is desperately seeking to pay for his former sins. Is the price of atonement too high?

Genevieve grew up knowing two things. One: she was the long prophesied savior of earth in the coming battle with the Shinar. Two: she and her Nephilim, Harith, belong together. Problem is: she can’t get “Harry” to claim her, the woman he’s been waiting on for seven thousand years, much less convince a life-consuming god-like race as old as the universe itself to give up their claim to earth - as a meal.

Graphic, gritty, bloodthirsty, steamy, and uniquely original, The Witchbound Saga is unlike any other horror/paranormal romance series you’ve ever read and is recommended for mature readers.

This is the sixth and final book in the Witchbound novels. These books may be read independently.

The Folly: A Moment in Time is a 5 act stage play.

A late Victorian period drama involving 2 families (The Hathertons and the Buckleys) who happen to meet by a folly. Their chance encounter leads to a path of destruction, love, but ultimately self-enlightenment.

Narrated by Albert Buckley, the play follows the consequential outcomes of untimely death, and changed circumstances.

Is the enchanted area of the folly a reality, or from the mind of a man on the brink of despair?

The Folly: A Moment in Time captures the spirit, values, and mysticism of the new age in which Victorians lived.

Atmospheric and magical.

One week ago, Jane had come to a cabin in the woods with her uncle for winter vacation. Today, though, her uncle was out and hadn’t come back for hours. It was just Jane, left alone by herself in the little cabin. It had snowed heavily most of the time she was there so she couldn’t go out, but after a while, the snow had thawed and the weather was warm and bright - warm enough for her to go outside again if she wanted to. She stared out at the grey sky from the cabin’s cramped window. The past week had just been boring, with her reading for school and not getting any texts from her friends.

In the spirit realm, time is a construct. Love never dies, some pasts can’t be forgotten, and history can repeat itself… for better or worse.

After Aili Fallon meets Liu Chenguang, ordinary life becomes a distant memory. Why is Aili suddenly cultivating supernatural powers, and why is this woman so obsessed with her?

When Liu Chenguang disappears, Aili discovers a newfound power to command fire and heal from any injury. Now Aili must pursue her into the spirit realm to discover the truth of their hidden past life together, a thousand years before.

Once, two boys cultivated the art of the sword, torn apart by sinister forces beyond their control.

Once, a phoenix fell in love.

And once Aili knows her past life, her current life will never be the same.

The Crane Moon Cycle series, a story of love, loss, demons, and hope, is perfect for anyone looking to immerse themselves in deep world building, spiritual discoveries, and lesbian/gay romance that withstands the test of time.

Molly and her sisters have a plan to see Santa this year. Can they stay awake long enough for him to appear? The house is decorated, and the chimney is ready too. Will Santa find the house and know what to do? The treats are laid out, and the timing is right. Will Santa bring gifts on this magical night?

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Having relocated to Peru to prepare for the birth of their twins and be closer to their kin, life is stressful enough for wolf-shifter couple, Taylor and Julian. But when their newborn daughter vanishes from her crib, they’ll do anything to bring her home.

As a clan leader is suspected of magical malfeasance, the couple must return to a world of symbols, incantations, and curses that they thought they’d left behind.

Taylor never wanted much to do with witchcraft, but now she must depend on her birthright to save baby Luna. Once she dusts off her magical tome of the Coven Daughters lineage, though, a spell with a mind of its own infiltrates her thoughts just as Julian begins to have a series of baffling precognitions and dreams.

While simultaneously fighting to keep their strained love alive, Taylor and Julian embark on a mission to wrest little Luna from the clutches of a shadowy occult group. But the deeper they dive into magic’s dark waters, the less they understand. Will Taylor and Julian solve the magical puzzle and save their daughter—or will getting too close to the darkest secrets of the Coven Daughters system spell their demise?

If you like Darynda Jones, Karen Marie Moning, K. F. Breene, or Laurell K. Hamilton, you’ll love this fun and sexy paranormal romance!

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Note to readers: This is a summary of Eric Barker’s book Plays Well With Others and not the original book designed to enhance your reading experience!

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Relationships indeed make up a very significant part of us as humans, and because most of our assumptions about navigating through relationships are wrong, we end up making mistakes that ruin our relationships and leave us lonely and in regret.

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Note to readers: This is a summary of Marc Leibovich’s book Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission and not the original book designed to enhance your reading experience!

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The book Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their “relevance”? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump’s savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with the singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were “in on the joke.” As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don’t read The New York Times, and they won’t read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality, and to the events of January 6, 2021. It’s a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.

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After a disastrous relationship, Officer Manner Pereira has one thing on his mind: get his career back on track. He comes across the stunning and dogged Sylvie Pelletier on patrol investigating burned vegetation. Hounded by a reporter looking for her next scoop, harassed by wealthy interests, and under pressure from his boss, Manny must shift through a series of complicated relationships to catch the culprit.

Manny puts his career and life on the line to solve the case. Will his gamble pay off?

This is a high heat contemporary mystery romance with swearing.

General Caddell was determined to assemble a flight of talented aviators and supporting ground crew to wrestle command of the skies from the enemy.

This unlikely collection of individuals would have to work together to put the best pilots in the air with the best scout plane the Royal Flying Corps had in its arsenal. The ground crew were considered to be as equals with the aviators, as they were tasked to keep them alive. They would have to make these frail machines fly faster, turn tighter and be reliable enough to withstand the hazardous missions they were given.

This unlikely collection of individuals from different worlds and social standing had to learn to work together, and for that they had to break rules both in the air and on the ground. For that they needed rogues who could become heroes.

Did you know that being in a prolonged state of tension may lead to panic attacks and seizures?

This is the extreme end of stress and anxiety (burnout), and you do not want to find yourself there. Whether you are getting agitated when things don't go according to plan, staying angry with someone who upsets you, or panicking about everything you did or did not do during the day, you are putting your physical and mental health at risk. Furthermore, it could affect your relationships without you realizing it.

I wrote my book to help sufferers of burnout get relief. This book is well-researched, includes processes, highlights personal stories, and brings in humor to lighten the moment. Since the pandemic, burnout has increased and will continue to do so with more people working from home.

Some people are better able to cope in stressful situations, while others aren't. The good news is that anyone can learn and apply strategies to overcome burnout. The trick is to put the processes into practice, again and again. My book is written with this in mind. Enjoy!

America's favorite werewolf P.I. is off to Las Vegas. What could go wrong?

Life's good for Johnny Lupul. He has a steady gig and a growing reputation as a guy who gets things done. He's even learning to keep his Lycan side under control—mostly.

But when he's sent to Sin City on a simple retrieval job, things go sideways. He bumps up against a coven of unconventional witches, a psychic pawn broker, and a mysterious enemy with a secret darker and more violent than his own.

Take a bite out of the exciting second book in this gritty urban fantasy noir series.

"Like Jack Reacher with bite."

"Turmel has created a series that's part detective noir, part urban fantasy, with plenty of snarky humor."

First, the voice. Second, the note. Third, the bullet! And it all began with an invitation from a man named Bernard Shetron.
Since coming back home from Arizona, Murial Robertson has been enjoying her new life running the old family farm with her cousin, Walter, and her friend, Jack. That is, until an unidentified prowler is spotted on their land and her mother decides to embark on a journey to California with a man she is quite fond of, Mr. Shetron.

When Murial and Jack accompany them, the trip takes a nasty detour into treacherous waters. Someone is determined to seek vengeance for what happened a year ago and they won't stop until both Murial and Jack are dead. And they aren't the only ones looking for revenge. Murial cannot quite put her finger on it, but there is something peculiar about her mother's new friend and the desert town he now calls home.

A WWI historical novel that starts in 1926 New York where a much-loved priest in The Bronx has been brutally murdered. With a vagrant arrested for the crime, struggling lawyer Mark Kingsley is roped in to the defense, only to find the accused is his old best friend and fellow-flyer from WWI days in the Lafayette Flying Corps, but who higher-authority seem strangely determined to convict.

As Kingsley pursues the truth, he finds romance and constant recollection of those wartime years, but also the realization that they hold dark secrets and a connection to one of America's first and most enduring aviation mysteries.

Do you have to bend the rules... to keep your friends?

Eleven-year-old Prince Vlad is thrilled to be appointed judge for the Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth. Unfortunately, his first case is a doozy. His good friends show up in court with an illegal baby dragon! They want him to bend the rules. Good grief! How can the brand new judge do his duty without losing his friends?

Months after the fall of the Citadel, scattered refugees find themselves trapped in the southern swamps, the home of ancient denizens that prefer to be left undisturbed.

On the other side of the world, the possessed children struggle to find their place amongst the people of Derregain.

But a demonic plague has already taken hold in the once great city, and the few that stand against it are under siege by servants of Plaguebringer, the demon who engineered it.

Will friends and enemies, both old and new, set aside their differences and come together to fight the demon that threatens to destroy them all?